 | Theology - 1833 - 806 pages
...they cannot stand the test of close examination. The one is the caution of St. Paul to Timothy, that " no man that warreth entangleth* himself with the affairs of this life." The other is his exhortation to the same person to " meditate upon these, and give himself wholly]-... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Church history - 1833 - 414 pages
...mingled in the management of temporal affairs ; but how can they explain this sentence of the apostle, ' No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ? ' They must allow," he continues, " that to neglect the commands and threats of the Almighty, is... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Theology - 1833 - 892 pages
...as St. Paul calls them, should become merchants, and the sacred temples turn to dens of merchants. ' No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life.' — 2 Tim. ii. 4. " 5. The age of ministers demands the attention of the law. Aristotle ordained that... | |
 | 1833 - 792 pages
...they cannot stand the test of close examination. The one is the caution of St. Paul to Timothy, that " no man that warreth entangleth* himself with the affairs of this life." The other is his exhortation to the same person to " meditate upon these, and give himself wholly^... | |
 | Thomas Jackson - Clergy - 1834 - 554 pages
...We wish you to be at the remotest distance from all temptation to a secular or mercenary temper. " No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath called him to be a soldier." Independently of the moral and religious considerations which... | |
 | Free Will Baptists (1780?-1911). General Conference (1832) - 1834 - 204 pages
...shall be able to teach others also. Acts 6:3, 6. (»/) 2 Tim. 2:4. No man that warreth, entarigleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 1 Tim. 4:15. Meditate upon these things ; give thyself wholly... | |
 | William Allen - Society of Friends - 1834 - 428 pages
...this life, that may hurt their service in the church, remembering the saying of the wise apostle, " No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ;" but rather conclude with the apostle, when he writes to Timothy : " For we brought nothing," says... | |
 | Richard Parkinson (D.D.) - 1835 - 448 pages
...all affairs and endearments of the world so far as they would weaken thy heart in the battle ; for no man, that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him ivho hath chosen him to be a soldier. Yet, to this enduring of hardness, and to the maintenance of... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor - Theology - 1835 - 482 pages
...ever serve a prince. And now we are easily driven into an understanding of that saying of St. Paul, " No man that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs of this life." d For although this be spoken of all Christian people, and concerns the laity in their proportion,... | |
 | Christian education - 1835 - 754 pages
...blessing, and of the common hope. Respecting them, he goes on to say, 'No man that warreth eiitanglclh himself with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to he u soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned... | |
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No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 
