...have eternal life, who believe in the name of the Son of God. 14. And we have this confidence toward him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he hearkens to us. 15. And if we know that he hearkeneth to us, in whatever we ask, we know that we (shall...

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...us whatsoever we stand in need of; for this is the confidence, saith St. John (1 Ep. v. 14), that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us. Another circumstance that demands particular attention in this exalted title of our heavenly Father...

...they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth f. And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth use. Let us lift up our hearts with our hands to God in the heavens. We have transgressed, and have...

...truth of that sentiment, long before it appeared in writing — "And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us."f This it was that emboldened the prophet to pray as he did : " Elias was a man subject to like...

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...doit/ and ' Lo I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.' And therefore St. John said, ' This is the confidence we have in him, that if we...ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us.' The same confidence in Christ's divine power to hear and to save> induced St. Stephen to say, in his...

...upbraideth not; and it shall be given him." " This is the confidence that we have" in .the Son of God, " that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us." Now, what is the will of Christ, but " our sanctification ?" Why have we been separated from the number...