 Be ye, therefore, followers of God, as dear children ; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.  The Works of John Owen - Page 11by John Owen - 1826Full view - About this book
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...LOVE. BE ye, therefore, followers of God, as dear children : • 2 And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering...and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. 3 But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...redemption, that renders him a perfect Mediator, and eleansethus from all sin ; Eph. i. 7. l John i. 1. He hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering...and a sacrifice to God, for a sweet-smelling savour; Eph. \. 2. He hath redeemed us from the curse of the Law; from the power of darkness : and ha th reconciled... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...quoted, he exhorts them : " Be ye followers of God, as dear children; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering...and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. But fornication and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named amongst you, as becometh... | |
 | Johannes van der Kemp - Heidelberger Katechismus - 1810 - 572 pages
...forgiven you. Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children ; and walk in Jove ai Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering...and a sacrifice to God for a sweetsmelling savour." 'See this same exhortation, Col. iii. IS — 14. Thes: sins ought certainly to be pursued with a deadly... | |
 | Robert Traill - Presbyterian Church - 1810 - 600 pages
...savour of that sacrifice he offered without the gates of Jerusalem : Eph. v. 2. Christ hath loved as, and hath given himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a s-weetsmelling savour. This savour never spends or wears out. The blood of Jesus, in the virtue of it, in the merit of it,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - Prayer - 1810 - 326 pages
...infinite dignity. 2. Because this sacrifice of Christ -was accepted by God in the behalf of sinners. Eph. v. 2, Christ hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering and sacrifice to God, for a sweet smelling savour. 3. It doth further appear, because Christ in his... | |
 | 1841 - 606 pages
...to change." Be ready at all times for every good word and work ; and " walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering...and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour." " Build up yourselves on your most holy faith ; pray in the Holy Ghost ; and keep yourselves in the... | |
 | Missions - 1805 - 672 pages
...gloriously effects. When Jesus was obedient to the death, what was the design ? Paul shall reply," Christ hath loved us, and •hath given himself for us an offering, and a sacrifice to God for a swcet-Miiclling savour." And hath the gracious design succeeded ? Most... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Eph. v.'2. And walk in love, as Christ iiiso hath loved us, and hath given himself for us, an offering...and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. in them, their justification is only of free grace ; l that both the exact justice and rich grace of... | |
 | Abraham Booth - Theology - 1813 - 452 pages
...his language was, A body hast thou prepared me — Lo, I come to do thy will, O God — Christ loved us, and hath GIVEN HIMSELF for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour. To be voluntary in suffering, to bear imputed sin, and to intend, in dying, to make reconciliation... | |
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