 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 460 pages
...things to their hands. Yea, to crown all, the foul itfelf is thrown away upon it : Matth. xvi. 26. " For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lofe his own foul ? «r what (hall a man give in exchange for his foul ?" Men feeking vanity, lofe... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pages
...feel the force and importance of this eonsk tion. Christ, who well knew the worth of si says, " For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own a Or what shall a man give in exchange f ; i soul ?" The worth ef souls appears from ny... | |
 | Theophilus Browne - 1805 - 274 pages
...unworthy means, shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake, he will save it. For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself ? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him will the son of man be... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...he resolves to seek " a kingdom that cannot be moved." He feels the force of our Lord's questions, " What is a man profited, if he gain the " whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall " a man give in exchange for his soul?" He does not, however, merely... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...every one that is greedy of gain, which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. Matt. xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul Job xxvii. 8. For what is the... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1808 - 656 pages
...save his life, shall lose it : but whosoever shall lose his 25 life for my sake, he shall save it. For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose [\ir for26 feit,] himself f ? For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him the... | |
 | 1809 - 670 pages
...save his life, shall lose it : but whosoever shall lose his 25 life for my sake, he shall save it. For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose [or for26 feu/] himselff ' For whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, of him the Son... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1809 - 312 pages
...cheat their God, but will prove, in the end, to have cheated themselves into everlasting misery. ' And what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?' : . . .-.. ... (3.-) We must see to it, that we be religiously meek and peaceabk.... | |
 | 1810 - 612 pages
...insignificancy, and fade as a withering flower, when compared with eternal happiness or misery ; " for what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul .'" The soul of man, bear, ing the natural image of God, in its noble powers and... | |
 | Thomas Walson - 1810 - 186 pages
...thee come off a loser at last. Thou loseth Heaven and thy soul ; and what can countervail this loss ? What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Matt. xvi. 26. God (saith Chrysostom) hath given a man two eyes ; if he lose one,... | |
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