 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 588 pages
...v. 2 — 4.) The command is most express to iall the churches of the Hebrews : " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they...not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you." (Heb. xiii. 17-) And (verse 7 and 24) they arc twice more called, "Them that rule over them, and (as... | |
 | Christopher Ralph Muston - Future life - 1830 - 458 pages
...emotion, as the subordinate agent in raising them to the possession of eternal life. "Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they...not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you." " That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked... | |
 | John Whitecross - Anecdotes - 1831 - 302 pages
...faithful word ! — Let us rely upon him whilst wo live, and trust him in all straits!' " Chap, xiii, ver. 17. — Obey them that have the rule over you, and...not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you. Few men had more natural courage than Luther, and yet he .was often heard to say, that even in the... | |
 | Job Scott - Society of Friends - 1831 - 606 pages
...spoken unto you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation." Verse 17:" Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit...not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you." Jude 8 : " Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of... | |
 | Henry Scougal - Theology - 1831 - 282 pages
...Hosea notes as an heinous sin. Finally, to sum up your duty in the Apostle's words, Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they...not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. I might, in the next place, take an occasion from what hath been said, to press the great obligation... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 574 pages
...15. • 2 Pet. i. 10, 11. MMCCCL. THE DUTY OF PEOPLE, AND THE RESPONSIBILITY OF MINISTERS. Heb. xiii. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit...not with grief : for that is unprofitable for you. MAN, as a social being, has duties to the society of which he is a member : and of these duties he... | |
 | 1834 - 406 pages
...therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name. 16 But to do good, and...they that must give account, that they may do it with joy,and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 18 Pray for us : for we trust we have a good... | |
 | Christian - 1835 - 172 pages
...forget not ; for with such sacrifices, God is well pleased. Heb. xiii. 16. 27. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they...not with grief, for that is unprofitable for you. Heb. xiii. 17. 28. I beseech you, brethren, suffer the word of exhortation. Heb. xiii. 22. 29- If any... | |
 | Bible - 1837 - 328 pages
...; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they...not with grief : for that is unprofitable for you. Pray for us : for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. But I... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1837 - 280 pages
...character are set forth together in this one verse of the Epistle to the Hebrews: " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they...not with grief; for that is unprofitable for you." (Heb. 13. 17.) We rule in Christ's behalf. We watch in his behalf; for his glory, and for your gain.... | |
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Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 
