...is, ' in this respect,' it had no glory, by reason of the glory that excelleth. It is ministered now, 'not in tables of stone,' but in ' fleshly tables of the heart,' 2 Cor. iii. 3. The ministration which the apostle speaks of 'as done away to the believer,' was that...

...guide. Paul shews its deficiency in the sight of the Lord in every part of our life, when he denies " that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves." (a) He does not speak of the will or the affections, but he also divests us of every good thought,...

...of his regenerating himself? St. Paul gives us his judgment in this point 2 Cor. iii. 5. JVbi thai we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves : tut our sufficiency is of God. Was the apostle insufficient to think a good thought ? And are not...

...power. 1 Cor. iv. 20. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of...tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is...

...power. 1 Cor iv. 20. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered hy us. written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the...tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is...

...power.— 1 Cor.iv. 20. Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves i to think any thing as of ourselves;...

...affairs that I have sufficient natural faculties for, unless God should smile upon my attempt. "Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing, as of ourselves," I saw was a sacred truth. Friday, Oct. 26. In the morning, my soul was melted with a sense of divine...

...necessary to his acting at all : for there is no independent action in a dependent creature. " Not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to think any thing as of ourselves i but our sufficiency is of God." 2 Cor. iii. 5. 2dly. This was necessary to insure his acting in this...

...Spirit of our God: Being manifestly de«lared to be the epistle of Christ, written not with ink, but by the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but injieshty tallies of the heart : Being such as behold as in a glass the glory of the lard. and are...

...to be thé epistie of Christ ministered by us, written not \rith ink, but with thé Spirit of thé living God : not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of thé heart. 4 And such trust hâve WB through Christ to God-ward : 5 Not that we are sufficient of...