 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 554 pages
...diligently employed themselves in this business : Acts xvii. 1 1. " These were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the word with...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." This is very much the employment of heaven. The inhabitants of that world spend much of their time... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 540 pages
...diligently employed themselves in this business: Acts xvii. 11. K These were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the word with...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." This is very much the employment of heaven. The inhabitants of that world spend much of their time... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...of the apostlej and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner-stone. Acts jcvii. 1 1 i These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether thoso things were so. 1 Cor. ii. 3. II That and elders, with the whole church, to send chosen men of... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 548 pages
...of it your ownsclvcs from the word of God ; and do therefore like " the noble Uereans, who received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so," Acts xvii. 1 1 . 2. Separate yourselves from your former corppan'ons, as far' as they have tended 10... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 430 pages
...Jews. For the latter, being of a better disposition than their, brethren in Thessalonica, they received the -word with all readiness of mind, and searched...'the Scriptures daily whether those things were so. But the Thessalonian Jews hearing of the success of the gospel in Bercea, came and stirred up the idolatrous... | |
 | James Macknight - 1810 - 454 pages
...These Jews were more noble, they were of a more excellent disposition, tlitii those in Thessaloniea, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scrifitures daily, whether these things were so, namely, the livings which Paul preached, concerning... | |
 | William Cuninghame - 1810 - 220 pages
...known without searching. Accordingly, we read of certain Jews at Berea, in Acts xvii., ' who received the word with all ' readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures ' daily, whether these things were so ; therefore, ' many of them believed. ' This is the temper of mind which best... | |
 | William Dealtry - 1811 - 422 pages
...doctrine which the Apostles preached, to see whether it were agreeable to the Scriptures: These, says he, were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. " We desire no more of the Church of Rome, but thaUhey encourage their people to search tlie Scriptures... | |
 | William Mason - 1811 - 302 pages
...Acts, xvii. Verse 11 and part of the 12th. The Jews of Berea were more noble than those inThessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed. 41 SERMON V. On Christian Compassion. Preached before his present... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1811 - 614 pages
...Peter in the house of Cornelius would have been superfluous and unnecessary. The Beraans were commended "in that they received the word with all readiness...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so (I) ;" and it is immediately added, " therefore many of them believed :" hence it appears, that the... | |
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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 
