... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (of whom the world was not worthy) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains,... Sanctorale Catholicum, Or, Book of Saints: With Notes Critical, Exegetical ... - Page 243by Robert Owen - 1880 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...those in an earlier age, of whom Inspiration hath declared the world was not worthy) to wander about in deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth, she sympathised with him, and never, says her son, was heard or seen to show the least discontent with... | |
| Daniel Defoe - Church history - 1717 - 456 pages
...about in Sheepskins and Goat-skins-, being deftitute, afflitted, tormented , they wandered in Dtfarts, and in Mountains') and in Dens and Caves of the Earth, This was their Portion, and by this means the Towns were left uninhabited, the Villages defolate, the Lands... | |
| 310 pages
...goatskins ; being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; (of whom the world was not worthy :) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." (Hcb. xi.) These are " witnesses " — a " great cloud ; " they witness that, as they overcame, so... | |
| Religion - 1812 - 954 pages
...wandered about, destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom the world was not worthy) : they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth*." Compare now, with these vivid pictures of the primitive martyr*, the actual state of Christians in... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 38 (Of whom the world wa not worthy ;) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having ob tained a good report thrqugl faith, received not the promise 40 God having... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy ; ) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 4-0 God having... | |
| 1817 - 628 pages
...the resistance of despair. The early Christians were exposed to similar sufferings. " They wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in " dens and caves of the earth ;" and the parallel could not fail to occupy the imagination of the oppressed Presbyterians, as conferring... | |
| William Penn - Christian life - 1807 - 394 pages
...goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth ; and these all have obtained a good report." Methinks this should a little abate the intemperance... | |
| David Savile - Christian life - 1807 - 426 pages
...about in ' sheep-skins and goat-skins, being desti' tute, afflicted, tormented : — they wander' ed in deserts and in mountains, and in ' dens and caves of the earth.' * Harmless and excellent as they were, they were made to endure all that the most ingenious malice... | |
| Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...wandered about in sheep skins and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth." And since the apostle's day, what dreadful accounts does history afford of the cruelties exercised... | |
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