...declares " Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot see the kingdom of God." p Again, " No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him." q So St. Paul affirms distinctly, " if any man have not the Spirit of God, he is none...

...considered Abigail's coming to David as prefiguring every elected soul that God brings to his dear Son: " No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him," John vi. 44. Christ, in the character of a bridegroom, receives such into spiritual union...

...grace. " Ye will not," said our Redeemer, " come unto me that ye might have life."— And again, " No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him." These two points, you know, are. inseparably interwoven with the great subject under...

...Almighty grace. " Ye will not,'* said our Redeemer, " come unto me that ye might have life." And again, " No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him." These two points, you know, are inseparably interwoven with the great subject under...

...peace, pardon, communion, and comfort : Jehovah the Father draws to his dear Son, for Christ says, " No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him." Fifthly, in the advice that Joseph gave to his brethren not to regard their stuff, and...

...him, or link our dead affections to his living power, is manifest from that other saying of his ; " No man can come unto me except the Father which hath sent me draw him." And that it is the work of God to do this, which in and of ourselves we cannot do. is...

...i. 13. iii. 3, &c. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. — John iii. 27. No man can come unto me, except the Father which hath sent me, draw him, &c. Except it were given unto him of my Father. — John vi. 44. 65. As the branch cannot...

...those words of the Church to Christ, Cant. i. 4. " Draw me: we will run after thee." And John i. 44. " No man can come unto me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him." God draws first, and then we come. God's grace must excite and prevent us, and then...

...easily have removed "it. Those other words of our Lord must not be omitted here, in which he says, " No man can come unto me, except the Father, which hath sent me, draw him :" and what this drawing of the Father means, he himself has explained by saying, " No...

...spoken of Paul." (Acts, xvi. 14.) Our Saviour says, " without me ye can do nothing." (Jo. xv. 5.) And, " no man can come " unto me, except the Father which hath sent " me, draw him." (c. vi. 14.) Again, " God is 171 said to work in us, both to will and to do." (Phil....