| 1815 - 294 pages
...coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Being reviled, we bless: being persecuted, we suffer it: being defamed, we entreat. Thou shalt not avenge or bear any grudge against the children of thy people. If thine enemy... | |
| Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 416 pages
...Noble, in this respect, and worthy our imitation was the conduct of the apostles of the Lamb.— " Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it ; being defamed we intreatjlest we should hinder the gospel of Christ." But this forbearance is not necessary bare* ly... | |
| Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 pages
...for their salvation, Christians are willing to be made a spectacle to angels and to men :— that, being reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it ; being defamed, we intreat ; and become all things to all men, that we may by all means save some: 1 Cor. iv. 9 — 12. ix. 22.... | |
| Hannah More - 1818 - 352 pages
...home; having shown what was their treatment, he proceeds to show what was their temper under it: — Being reviled, .we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, .we entreat. This is indeed practical Christianity! After enumerating the trials to which they may be exposed,... | |
| 1819 - 488 pages
...we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place, and labour working with our own hands ; being reviled,...being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat. I write not these things to shame you ; but as my beloved sons I warn you d. Wherefore, I... | |
| 1829 - 632 pages
...we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place. And labour, working with our own hands : being reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we snilcr it; being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the earth ; and are the offscouring... | |
| James Inglis - 1820 - 406 pages
...and are naked, and are buffetted, and have no certain dwelling place; and labour, working with our hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat; we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day."*... | |
| Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 pages
...hour. We both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth and offscouring of all things. Happy for us, if we can attain to... | |
| William Paley - 1822 - 282 pages
...we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place; and labour, working with our own -hands : being reviled,...being persecuted, we suffer it ; being defamed, we entreat : we are made as the filth of the earth, and are the off-scouring of all things unto this day."... | |
| Henry Kollock - 1822 - 544 pages
...expiring breath, prayed for his enemies ; thus Paul declares of himself and his fellow-apostles, " Being reviled, we bless ; being persecuted, we suffer it ; being defamed, we entreat." Can we hope to dwell with them in felicity, if we do not imitate their conduct, and imbibe... | |
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