 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.  The Works of Isaac Barrow - Page 245by Isaac Barrow, James Hamilton - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children ; so, being affectionately desirous of you, I was willing to have imparted unto you, not the Gospel...also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us." This tenderness of affection appears in the history connected with the text. At Lystra and Derbe the... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...children: 8 So, being affe&ionately desirous of you we were willing to have imparted unto you, not th< gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail : for labouring night and day, because we would... | |
 | 1804 - 438 pages
...apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...father doth his children.... We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto in. Go.l is my record, how greatly I long after you all, in the bowels of Jesus Christ. Receive us;... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...cherisheth her children. Ver. 8. Ik-ing affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ver. 9. Labouring night and day we preached the gospel unto you. Ver. 1 1. We exhorted and comforted... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 712 pages
...example of the apostles, were equally desirous to imitate him in the use of it.) He then adds, " So being affectionately desirous of you, " we were willing...also our own souls, because " ye were dear unto us." No comment can do justice to the spirit of this sentiment, or to the force of the expression in the... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...children, 1 Thess. ii. 7, 8. " But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children ; so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...also our own souls, 'because ye were dear unto us." So also he speaks of his " bowels of love," Phil. i. 8. Philem. 5, 12, and 30. So he speaks of his... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...children, ) Thess. ii. 7, 8. " But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children ; so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not ths gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us." So also he speaks of... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Baptists - 1809 - 334 pages
...seeking glory of men ; but we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children ; so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the got pel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ye are witnesses, and God... | |
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