 | John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 620 pages
...he) endure hardness as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth, entarigleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.' Not ' to follow' where the ' Lamb' leads, is, in effect, to doubt whether any instance of our love... | |
 | Harvey Marriott - 1828 - 180 pages
...as regards your own interest in Christ, remember, " no man that warreth, " entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, " that he may please him who hath called him to «* be a soldier" (2 Tim. ii. 4) ; and in anxious Christian love towards all your fellow... | |
 | 1829 - 448 pages
...therefore endure hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him...that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. Of suffering for CArul. • CHAP. II. 7 Consider what I say; and the Lord give thee understanding in... | |
 | James Nourse - 1829 - 292 pages
...endure 3 hardness, as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth en- 4 tangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for 5 masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. The hus-... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 440 pages
...wise mailer-builder I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. I Cor. iii. 10. If a man strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned except he .strive lawfully. 2 Tim. ii. 5. An unhappy master is he that is made cunning by many shipwrecks ; a miserable merchant,... | |
 | Alexander Viets Griswold - Sermons, American - 1830 - 492 pages
...the alert, that they may not be surprised. " No man (of them) that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him, who hath chosen him to be a soldier." Promotion and glory being 359 his objects, he devotes his time and all his energies to the business... | |
 | John Acaster - Benefices, Ecclesiastical - 1830 - 170 pages
...good soldiers of Jesus Christ ; immediately adds, — " No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." On the authority of this and other passages of the word of God, the bishops of our church solemnly... | |
 | Presbyterians - 1832 - 448 pages
...time and talents are to be employed in nobler purposes. "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." Calculate on meeting many discouragements. Much of •your good may be evil spoken of. Much "of your... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 592 pages
...shall not muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And the labourer is worthy of his reward. 2Tim.il. 6. The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. Gal. vi. 6. Let him that is taught in the word communicate to him that teacheth in all good tilings.... | |
 | Slavery - 1830 - 210 pages
...from all temptations to a secular or mercenary temper. ' No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath called him to be a soldier.' Independently of the moral and religious considerations which enforce... | |
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 
