bestowment

Example Sentences

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Verse 11 fills up the measure of the bestowment of grace on sinful men.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

In substance or anticipation, this one bestowment contains all good things of God.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

The subsequent remarks, however, more especially relate to the bestowment of property, and that whether of capital already possessed, or of income to be acquired by industry.

From Christian Devotedness by Groves, Anthony Norris

Of all nations they only have possessed this right; for they only received it by special bestowment.

From Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by Baldwin, A.C.

The honor of thy great name is concerned—it unites with our necessities in requiting the bestowment of the mercies which we ask.

From Sermons on Various Important Subjects by Lee, Andrew