 ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, (of whom the world was not worthy,) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains,...  Apocalyptic Sketches; Or, Lectures on the Book of Revelation ... - Page 262by John Cumming - 1851 - 543 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 310 pages
...made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the...in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." (Hcb. xi.) These are " witnesses " — a " great cloud ; " they witness that, as they overcame, so... | |
 | Religion - 1812 - 954 pages
...were stoned, they were sa-.vn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about, destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom the world...in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth*." Compare now, with these vivid pictures of the primitive martyr*, the actual state of Christians in... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...about in sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 38 (Of whom the world wa not worthy ;) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having ob tained a good report thrqugl faith, received not the promise 40 God having... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...sword : they wandered about in sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy ; ) they wandered...in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 4-0 God having... | |
 | 1817 - 628 pages
...formidable only from the resistance of despair. The early Christians were exposed to similar sufferings. " They wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in " dens and caves of the earth ;" and the parallel could not fail to occupy the imagination of the oppressed Presbyterians, as conferring... | |
 | William Penn - Christian life - 1807 - 394 pages
...bonds and imprisonments : they were stoned, they were sawed asunder, were tempted, were slain with a sword ; they wandered about in sheepskins and goat-skins,...in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth ; and these all have obtained a good report." Methinks this should a little abate the intemperance... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...Consider the firmness of suffering saints in .former ages. " They were stoned, they were sawn asun1der, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered...mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." But they were not moved from their steadfastness.- — We observed above, that wicked men often sink under the... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...sword ; they wandered about in sheep skins and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth." And since the apostle's day, what dreadful accounts does history afford of the cruelties exercised... | |
 | George Buist - Sermons, American - 1809 - 350 pages
...sword: they wandered ahout *< in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being desti" tute, afflicted, tormented. They wandered " in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens " and caves of the earth." Powerful inducements these to embrace a system of which they Were the inevitable consequence! Nothing... | |
 | James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 594 pages
...sword : they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins : being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 36 (Of whom the world was not worthy,) they wandered...in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report, 36 'Erepoi $C Gttipav ehafiov, xai xai 37 E/U$a<rS»j(7a7',... | |
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