 ... the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost," — joy, that is to say, in the holy, healthful, and helpful Spirit.  The life of the rev. John Wesley, M.A. to which is prefixed, some account of ... - Page 214by John Whitehead - 1805Full view - About this book
 | Lorenzo Dow - 1849 - 736 pages
...come, and his will be done, &c., as in heaven, and we delivered from evil. The kingdom of God, we read, is not meat and drink; but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. And Paul saith, this is the will of God, even your sanctification; and if a man be delivered... | |
 | Lucius Robinson Paige - 1849 - 424 pages
...religion, both theoretical and practical ; and, accordingly, St. Paul says that ' the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost ;' and that it ' is not in word, but in power.' Rom. xiv. 17 j 1 Cor. iv. 20. As might be expected,... | |
 | Thomas Bush (of Lamborne.) - 1849 - 224 pages
...the Church, had it been constantly, universally, and practically remembered that, 'the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.' It is for the want of recognising and appreciating the spirituality of the New Testament, the... | |
 | Thomas Boston, James Baine - 1850 - 376 pages
...of God' is meant, the happy influence and effects of it upon the souls of men : " The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost," Rom. xiv. 17 ; or, these are the blessed fruits of the gospel, where it comes with power. Last... | |
 | 1850 - 768 pages
...that some have been nearer to the Spiritual Kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ — that Kingdom which is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. 111 addition to the regular Sunday services, in the parish Church, the Missionary has statedly... | |
 | 1859 - 606 pages
...judgment convinced, and the noblest affections of the soul called into exercise. The Kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. The important distinction between a religion merely nominal and formal, and that which has its... | |
 | Mystery - 1850 - 512 pages
...Peter — " I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven : " (and, " the kingdom of God is not meat and drink : but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost ;") (Rom. xiv. 17 ;) " and whatsoeve rthou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven ; and... | |
 | Samuel Osgood - 1850 - 436 pages
...stood near the east end of the church, upon my father's tomb-stone, and cried, ' The kingdom of heaven is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.' " During the week, and on the next Sunday, he preached from that singular pulpit, which he... | |
 | Walter Lawry - 1850 - 330 pages
...to conceive of the spirituality of religion, and are very slow in learning that 'the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.' " One remark more shall close this digression. It is this : the natives of the South-Sea Islands... | |
 | Walter Lawry - 1850 - 164 pages
...to conceive of the spirituality of religion, and are very slow in learning that * the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.' " One remark more shall close this digression. It is this : The natives of the South-Sea Islands... | |
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