| Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...take <Peter alfo. (Then were the Days of unleavened Bread) 5. feter therefore was kept in Prifon; but PRAYER was made without CEASING of the Church unto God for him. 6, 4. And when he had apprehended him, he put him 5a Prifon, and delivered him to four Quaternions... | |
| 1842
...example, who had just before (verse 15,) prayed that the new converts might receive the Holy Ghost ; and when Peter was in prison, prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him, that is plainly for his release, (Acts xii. 4.) as the title of the chapter in our Bible says, " whom... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...intending, after Easter, to bring him forth to the people. 5 Peter, therefore, was kept in prison : but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers,... | |
| William Paley - Ethics - 1806 - 502 pages
...repented of the evil which he thought to do unto his people." " Peter therefore was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto \ •*« • God for him." " For God is my witness, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers " " Now I... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 456 pages
...; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison ; but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto GoD for him. And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound... | |
| Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people. Peter therefore was kept in prison ; but prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him. And when Herod would have brought him. forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound... | |
| Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...: both I and my father's house have sinned. iActs xii. 5. Peter therefore'was kept in prison ; but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 1 90. k Mat. vi. 9. 1 2 Cor. iii. 5. Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as... | |
| William Paley - Theology - 1811 - 540 pages
...of the evil which he thought to do unto his people." — " Peter,therefore,was kept in prison, but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him." — " For God is my witness,that without ceasing ' I make mention of you always in my prayers" —... | |
| Simon Patrick - Prayer - 1812 - 316 pages
...together by Prayer for us," 2 Corinth, i. 10, 11. So St. Peter also got out of prison ; for " earnest Prayer was made without ceasing of the Church unto God for him." -O PUBLIC PRAYERS CONFIRMED. 203 CHAPTER XVI. WHICH IS FARTHER CONFIRMED BY THE PRACTICE OF THE APOSTLES,... | |
| Missions - 1847 - 760 pages
...agony increased his earnestness, and his earnestness produced repetition. Peter was kept in prison, and prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. There is much to be learnt by this, by all who take the lead in prayer. Short ; fervent ; to the point... | |
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