...heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me," (John vi. 38.) St. Paul says, " that he ascended, what is it, but that he also descended first?'' (Eph. iv. 9.) Again, Christ says, " I came forth from the Father, and am come into the world ; again...

...is no other than the grace of God; and therefore the apostle in the same chapter, ver. 7. saith, But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure °f ^tgiftof Christ ; and ver. 11. he showeth how that iy (his grace and gift both apostles, prophets,...

...glorious and eminent from the foundation and spring of it, which is the humiliation and death of Christ. ' Now that he ascended, what is it, but that he also descended into the lower parts of the earth.' Why doth the apostle mention here' Christ's descending ? Was it...

...saved." ^ , " GRACE emanates from, and is a portion of, the Spirit of God; and St. Paul saith, that " Unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ:" — to one perjadvjefttjugcp five, talents, to another two, and to, another one. Wherefore...

...ringer of God which maketh to grow when, and where, and by whom he pleases. " God giveth the increase." "Unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ," and every one of us should be humble enough to be contented with the measure of usefulness...

...gift x»f the grace of God given unto me, by the effectual working of his power." Eph. iv. 7, " But unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ." — Ver. 11, 12, And he gave some apostles, and some prophets, and spme evangelists, and...

...but one is an eye, another a hand, another afoot in the body, by virtue of peculiar gifts : — " For unto every one of us is given grace, according to the measure of the gift of Christ." Eph. iv. 7. These gifts, indeed, are not saving, sanctifying graces, nor were the most...

...tools and assures us that they will work. All we have to do is go to work! Ephesians 4:7 tells us, "But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ." He has determined your gift, as well as the strength or measure of that gift. The context...

...1644l, chaps. 1-5, 7, 8, 13-15; and (Robinson|, Liberty of Conscience, passim. and one baptism, yet "unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ"; to which the author added, "l know there is but one truth, but this truth can not be so...

...forth before Your people, when You did march through the wilderness" (Psalm 68:7). Paul says: **But to every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Messiah. Wherefore He says, 'when He ascended up on high, He [the Messiah] led captivity captive...