...and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man ? So then neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase ' (1 Cor. iii. 5, 7). Therefore let us believe that God does teach us by his word, outwardly...

...disciples at Corinth, "I planted, and .A polios watered; but it is God that giveth the increase. For neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth; but God, that giveth the increase*." How He causes the seed to grow which we have sown in the mind, is known to Him alone;...

...We shall be without the discernment requisite to improve an important aiwstolic remark, " No'tlier is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase." The word * The reader may find an affecting instance of tliis in a memoir of that pminent...

...gave to every man ? I have planted, Apollos watered: »*t God givet/t the increafc. So then neither it he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth : but God that giveth the increafe. The increafe which God is here faid to give, is holinefs, or that faith by which they...

...all in all !" without the agency of God, the influence of the moft powerful means is ineffe£tual. Neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth, but pod who giveth the increafe. 1 have no doubt that there were both enthufiafls and hypocrites diftiaguiflied...

...receive the knowledge of God, not by man's teaching, but by the inftruction of the great Teacher, becaufe neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increafe. — To this day is fulfilled what the Lord promifed to Abraham without condition, and...

...more deeply engrave it on our hearts ! that with regard to your labours, as well as ours, Xeit'ier is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase-^. But consider, I beseech you, lion- that increase is to be hoped for : Is it in the...

...gospel answer its great design. " I have planted, Apollos watered ; but God gave the increase. So then neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth ; but God that giveth the increase." It may be further observed, that reason is more responsible for the vices of this dark...

...as the Lord gave 6 to each of us. I planted ; Apollos watered ; but God 7 gave the increase. So that neither is he that planteth any thing, nor he that watereth ; but God that giveth the in8 crease. Now he that planteth, and he that watereth, are one ; and each will receive his own...

...14. f Psa. Ixxiii. 24. * 1 Cor. iii. 21, 22, 28. would have you and myself ascribe all the glory. " Neither is he that planteth any thing ; nor he that watereth : but Gotl, that giveth the increase ;"* he is all in alh If there be among you any of my spiritual children...