 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended ; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.  Village Preaching for Saints' Days - Page 107by Sabine Baring-Gould - 1881 - 217 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Religion - 1828 - 588 pages
...needful to invite to the pursuit he describes) — when he addresses his Philippian converts he says, " Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth to those things which are before, I press toward... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 560 pages
...look behind but contend forwards : and from hence St. Paul 1 gives the rule I have now described. «' Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended ; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press towards... | |
 | Sermons - 1828 - 728 pages
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 | John Everitt Good - Sermon on the mount - 1829 - 692 pages
...highest authority, "she hath choseD the good part, which shall not be taken from her." In Paul : " Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended ; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 576 pages
...not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect ; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of...high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Phil. iii. 8—13.) He compareth himself to a runner in a race, that till he apprehend the prize or mark, doth... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 596 pages
...not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect ; but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of...high calling of God in Christ Jesus." (Phil. iii. 8—13.) He compareth himself to a runner in a race, that till he apprehend the prize or mark, doth... | |
 | James Marsh - Theology - 1830 - 946 pages
...conversation, to be pure as Christ is pure." We have an admirable instance of this in St. Paul, who declares, Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended ;...of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, Phil. 3. 13, 14. His progress was great, yet that did not make him slack in the prosecution of his end. He... | |
 | James Marsh - Theology - 1830 - 608 pages
...conversation, to be pure as Christ is pure." We have an admirable instance of this in St. Paul, who declares, Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended ;...of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, Phil. 3. 13, 14. Hii progress was great, yet that did not make him slack in the prosecution of his end. He... | |
 | Lutheran Church - 1831 - 308 pages
...live in the spirit of watchfulness and prayer. Brethren, says an apostle, I count not myself to have apprehended, but this one thing I do, forgetting the...the high calling of God in Christ Jesus, Phil, iii, 13, 14. Here I would inquire of the swearer, Does your hope lead you so to desire heaven that you "... | |
 | James Slade - 1831 - 536 pages
...* Rev. *v. 3. SERMON XXII. DILIGENCE AND PERSEVERANCE IN THE CHRISTIAN RACE. PHILIPP. iii. 13, 14. Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended; but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward... | |
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