 | William Emerson - 1812 - 266 pages
...commanded. No. " None of these things moved them, neither counted they their lives dear unto them, so that they might finish their course with joy, and the ministry, which they had received." Ecclesiastical as well, as biblical history, furnishes the lives of many, whose piety, and fidelity... | |
 | Jacob Stanley - 1813 - 158 pages
...without a sigh to sacrifice the friendship, honour, and pleasures of the world, and not to " count their lives dear unto themselves, so that they might...which they had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." Would St. Paul, Sir, have considered this an evil deserving of reprobation... | |
 | 1854 - 834 pages
...themselves at our disposal, to " go far hence among the Gentiles," not counting their lives dear unto them, so that they might finish their course with joy, and...they had received of the Lord Jesus, " to testify the Gospel of the grace of God." Pardon me, then, to-day, if I beseech this assembly, in their beet... | |
 | 1843 - 752 pages
...there are ministers of apostolic mould, willing " to spend and be spent for Christ," and who " count not their lives dear unto themselves, so that they...their course with joy, and the ministry which they have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God." VOL, XXI. Little is that... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1813 - 414 pages
...persecution moved them ; yea, they accounted not even life dear that they might finish their coarse with joy ; and the ministry which they had received of the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 3. It may be inferred, that it is the duty of all implicitly and cordially... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 408 pages
...things : Yet neither this scorn nor persecution movedihein ; yea, they accounted not even life dear, that they might finish their course with joy, and the ministry which they had received of the Lord Tesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 3. It may be inferred, that it is the duty of all... | |
 | 1822 - 440 pages
...through evil report and good report; the praise or the censure of men could not move them; they countsi not their lives dear unto themselves, so that they might finish their course w''h J°y> and the ministry which they had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the... | |
 | American Education Society - 1816 - 432 pages
...in despair ; sorrowful, yet always rejoicing ; poor, yet making many rich ;" — " counting not even their lives dear unto themselves, so that they might finish their course with joy," and " the gospel of the grace of God run and be glorified." — THESE WERE LIBERAL MEN, AND THEY DEVISED LIBERAL... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1817 - 630 pages
...them by the rage of their persecutors. But " none of these things moved them, neither counted they their lives dear unto themselves ; so that they might...ministry which they had received of the Lord Jesus, » 1 Pet. ii. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. f Rom. viii. 17. J 2 Tim. ii. 11, 12. to testify the gospel of the... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 632 pages
...Christ ; for whom they suffered the loss of all things : Accounting not even their lives dear to them, so that they might finish their course with joy, and...which they had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God. Now the Apostles knew whether Christ was what he professed, himself... | |
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Martyrs of the primitive ages, men whose praise is in all the churches, who counted not their lives dear unto themselves, so that they might finish their course with joy, and the ministry which they had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel... 
