Discourses on Various Subjects, Intended to Have Been Delivered in Philadelphia: To which are Added Some Others Selected from the Same Author |
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... brethren among christians . Speaking of some who undervalued him in the church of Corinth , he gives the following brief enu- meration of his labours and sufferings , Cor . XI . 23 .. Are they ministers of Christ , I sbeak as a fool , I ...
... brethren among christians . Speaking of some who undervalued him in the church of Corinth , he gives the following brief enu- meration of his labours and sufferings , Cor . XI . 23 .. Are they ministers of Christ , I sbeak as a fool , I ...
Page 58
... made among them hereafter , they considered one another as brethren , standing in the same relation to their common master ; and being equally equally exposed to persecution on that account , their attachment 58 ON THE CHANGE.
... made among them hereafter , they considered one another as brethren , standing in the same relation to their common master ; and being equally equally exposed to persecution on that account , their attachment 58 ON THE CHANGE.
Page 59
... brethren who stood in need of it , in sure expectation of receiving their reward in heaven . This most remarkable and sudden , and yet per , manent , change in the temper and disposition of the apostles , and other primitive christians ...
... brethren who stood in need of it , in sure expectation of receiving their reward in heaven . This most remarkable and sudden , and yet per , manent , change in the temper and disposition of the apostles , and other primitive christians ...
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... brethren , was natural . But as first impressions are always the warmest , this zeal would in a course of time as naturally a- bate , especially as miracles became less frequent , and their intercourse with the world would gradu- ally ...
... brethren , was natural . But as first impressions are always the warmest , this zeal would in a course of time as naturally a- bate , especially as miracles became less frequent , and their intercourse with the world would gradu- ally ...
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... brethren to bear with patience and fortitude all the sufferings of this life , in the joyful expectation of receiving an abundant recom- pence in another . << My brethren , " he says , Ch . V. 7. " count it " all joy when ye fall into ...
... brethren to bear with patience and fortitude all the sufferings of this life , in the joyful expectation of receiving an abundant recom- pence in another . << My brethren , " he says , Ch . V. 7. " count it " all joy when ye fall into ...
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Page 99 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...
Page 91 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 64 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 48 - I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 83 - Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Page 99 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Page 67 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 67 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 170 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 86 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.