 | James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - 634 pages
...God ! " O labour to say with a true heart, " We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord." " Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience,...of God, we have had our conversation in the world." If yow have gifts, and your light shine before men, learn with Moses to put on the veil ; " Be clothed... | |
 | John Colquhoun - Christian life - 1814 - 446 pages
...consolation ; yea, it will itself be a comfort to him. '* Our rejoicing is this," saith an Apostle,~" the testimony of our conscience, that. in simplicity...grace of God, we have had our conversation in the worlds." To be advancing sensibly, in conformity to the Lord Jesus, and in holy activity for his glory,... | |
 | William Bates - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 530 pages
...earth. Now the testimony of conscience in this life is so joyful, that the apostle saith, 2 Cor. 1. 12. "For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our...of God, we have had our conversation in the world." When the soul comes to heaven, this testimony of conscience shall be revived and renewed in perfection... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1815 - 422 pages
...the same holy and devout life which they lived, we may also humbly and confidently say as they said: "Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience,...with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have our conversation in the world," Amen. SERMON IX. MAN'S ACTIVITY AND DEPENDENCE ILLUSTRATED AND RECONCILED.... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - Sermons, English - 1815 - 622 pages
...terrors, we have committed our souls to Jesus; if our consciences, as the Apostle says, " testify for us, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly...of God, we have had our conversation in the world ;" I say, " if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God," and may think of meeting... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...the sight of God, speak we in Christ," 2 Cor. ii. 17. And with the same apostle he might say again: " Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience,...sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God (or according to the gospel of God, and in a manner worthy of the favour we have received, and... | |
 | 1816 - 566 pages
...from a sense of having sincerely attempted to promote the glory of God and the welfare of men, 2 Cor. i. 12. " For our rejoicing is this, the. testimony...conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward." Paul was a minister of the gospel. If he had attempted to soften any of its truths to adapt them to... | |
 | Isabella Graham - 1816 - 428 pages
...is no conscious personal sin expressed in these sufferings ; on the contrary, Paul says, verse 1 2, For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience,...conversation in the world, and more abundantly to yottward. Most of the prophets, and all the apostles, except one, suffered martyrdom. Those indeed... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1816 - 548 pages
...The next Lord's day after the interment, his funeral sermon was preached by Dr. Williams, from 2 Cor. i. 12. For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of...of GOD, we have had our conversation in the world. This character, said the doctor, belonged much to, and was exemplified as plainly in, our worthy brother... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 544 pages
...with. There are four things in particular. 1. That he had approved himself to his own conscience, ver. 12. " For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of...conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you- ward." 2. Another thing he speaks of as matter of comfort, is, that as he had approved himself... | |
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For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. 
