 | James Macknight - 1810 - 574 pages
...sufferings for Christ as an honour, and to rejoice in them. Thus it is said of the apostles, Acts v. 41. They departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted taortty to suffer shame for bis name. Ver. 30. — 1. Having the very same conflict, A •;<.•: i.... | |
 | William Romaine - 1810 - 200 pages
...upon riches and honours- And we have a great cloud of witnesses in the New Testament, who rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer shame^ for the name of Christ, who blessed their revilers, prayed for their persecutors, and took joyfully the spoiling of... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1811 - 612 pages
...for our recompense in the eternal world.] DXCIV. THE MAGNANIMITY OF THE APOSTLES. Acts v. 41, 42. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ.... | |
 | Eleazar Lord - 1813 - 318 pages
...with a charge to speak no more in the name of Jesus. "And they departed," says the sacred historian, "from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted "Worthy to sufier shame for his name. And daily in the tempie, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and... | |
 | Hannah Neale - 1813 - 394 pages
...repetition of the former injunction. The apostles departed rejoicing, not that they had escaped death, but that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of their dear Lord and Master, whose gospel they still continued to preach. 113 DIALOGUE XVII. Lucy. WHEN... | |
 | 1824 - 452 pages
...they did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God, &c. And Peter and John departed from the presence of the council rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. We are also taught the same truth in the effects produced by the preaching of Philip in Samaria... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 544 pages
...their scorns as a diadem about his head, and wear them as beautiful ornaments. The apostles rejoiced, that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Christ. What reproaches did the Lord of Glory suffer for us ? And what pride and folly is it, that... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...enjoined silence. But neither the stripes nor the injunction had any influence upon them ; they " retired from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they...counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus, whilst daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."*... | |
 | William Jones - 1816 - 500 pages
...enjoined silence. But neither the stripes nor the injunction had any influence upon them ; they " retired from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they...counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus, whilst daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ."*... | |
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And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for His name. 
