An Exposition of the Epistle of St. Paul to the Colossians, Volume 2Hamilton, Adams and Company, 1832 - Bible |
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... duty to which we are excited by the Apostle , comprehended in three precepts : Seek those things which are above ; povεits , i . e . think upon and love the things above ; seek not after , neither mind , earthly things . 2. The ...
... duty to which we are excited by the Apostle , comprehended in three precepts : Seek those things which are above ; povεits , i . e . think upon and love the things above ; seek not after , neither mind , earthly things . 2. The ...
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... duties . Seek those things which are above . ] The word Seek indi- cates labour and effort ; and , to use the scholastic phrase , excludes sluggish willingness . By the things which are above we must understand , in the first place ...
... duties . Seek those things which are above . ] The word Seek indi- cates labour and effort ; and , to use the scholastic phrase , excludes sluggish willingness . By the things which are above we must understand , in the first place ...
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... duty of a pious and Christian man , always to have in mind that heavenly kingdom , and those heavenly good things which relate to the attainment of it . We observe this in Abraham , the father of the faithful , of whom the Apostle ...
... duty of a pious and Christian man , always to have in mind that heavenly kingdom , and those heavenly good things which relate to the attainment of it . We observe this in Abraham , the father of the faithful , of whom the Apostle ...
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... duty to seek and affect the things which are above he argues , first from our resurrection with Christ : For these words if ye be risen , are not expressive of doubt , but the language of in- ference and conclusion : for the assumption ...
... duty to seek and affect the things which are above he argues , first from our resurrection with Christ : For these words if ye be risen , are not expressive of doubt , but the language of in- ference and conclusion : for the assumption ...
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... duty to soar to heaven in mind . This is what the Apostle would have us understand in Rom . vii . 5 , where he requires that we , being planted together , should coalesce together in confor- mity as well to the death as to the ...
... duty to soar to heaven in mind . This is what the Apostle would have us understand in Rom . vii . 5 , where he requires that we , being planted together , should coalesce together in confor- mity as well to the death as to the ...
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Page 162 - But if any provide not for his own, and especially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.
Page 397 - Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
Page 165 - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church.
Page 350 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Page 469 - Wherefore remember, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; that at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world : but now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
Page 18 - While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
Page 405 - For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord; I will put my laws into their mind, and write them in their hearts : and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people...
Page 204 - Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh ; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers ; but in singleness of heart, fearing God : and whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men ; knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.
Page 97 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any : even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.
Page 91 - For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received him.