| Francis Gastrell - 1804 - 376 pages
...every Man thai I bear his own Burden. Therefore let us judge ourfelves, Jo fhall we not be judged, ' If our Hearts condemn us not, then have we Confidence towards God, But let us take heed tkat we be not deceived In the Judgment we make of surf elves. For the Heart is... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...standard, will soon find his own conscience bring" in a verdict against him : " And if our hearts " condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, " and knoweth all things." No repentance or amendment can compensate for past offences; because we cannot in any instance exceed... | |
| 1806 - 854 pages
...and extent of this duty, must be considered as important'. The apostle says — that " if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things" — but that " if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God." — Now it is evident, that... | |
| Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...sincerity. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then hate we confidence towards God. But if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our hearts, and knoweth all things. Christ is theauthor of eternal salvation; but it is to them that obey him. Disobedience therefore,... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1808 - 414 pages
...us confess the truth. The fault is not in our Common Prayer-books, but in our hearts. " My brethren, if our hearts " condemn us not, then have we confidence " towards God*;" then shall we have confidence to look his terrors steadily in the face, and to join, without fear,... | |
| Fisher (The Rev. Mr., master of the grammar school in Cockermouth, Eng.) - 1809 - 346 pages
...iv. 4, Let every man prove his own work ; and then (hall he have rejoicing in himfelf. Gal. vi. 4. . If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. i John iii. 21. LESSON III. Confcflion. I acknowledge my tranfgreffions ; and my fin is ever before... | |
| John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pages
...this cla.s of the ungodly, to quote the words of St. John, to quiet their consciences, — (* Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God." — "Now, saith one, my heart does not condemn me, therefore I may have confidence towards Go:K" —... | |
| Thomas Bradbury - 1810 - 324 pages
...serve the living God. Heb. ix. 14. A good conscience signifies that a person is in a state of pardon. If our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. 1 John iii. 21. Thus does Ananias explain it to Saul; now why tarriest thou, arise, and be baptized,... | |
| 1810 - 480 pages
...myfelf, to ' hare always aConfcience void of Offence, ' towards God, and towards Men, Afa 4 xxiv. 1 6. ' If our Hearts condemn us not, then * have we Confidence towards God, i John * iii. 21. * Let him that thinketh he ftandeth (or 1 /hail Part UK the Holy Communion. 305 *... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1812 - 406 pages
...him. For if our hearts condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our hearts condemn us not, then have we confidence towards God. When the apostle Paul speaks of the Spirit of God bearing witness with our spirit, he is not to be... | |
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