 | 1810 - 582 pages
...TOU, let him be a servant to all ;' — but this was the apostle's «.<,vice, ' Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves; for they watch for your s;>uls, as those that must give an account] that they may do it with joy and not with grief, for that... | |
 | William Jones - 1801 - 544 pages
...must follow from the injunction of St. Paul, in his Epistle to the Hebrews. — Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they...watch for your souls, as they that must give account. Chap. xiii. 17. The Rulers of the Church must must therefore be known to us : for it is im- . possible... | |
 | 1832 - 852 pages
...veneration " (though his office does so), but upon a le$s assuming, but more influential motive ; " For they watch for your souls, as they that must give account." Now if in the large company of Mr. Preston's clerical auditors, there happened to be one thoughtless,... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1806 - 308 pages
...Lord, James i. 21. Receive with meekness the ingrafted word, &c. Heb. xiii. 17. Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they watch for your souls. 4. Communicating to them of their temporals, 1 Cor. ix. 17. The Lord hath ordained, that they which... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...and to communicate, forget not : for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 17 Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they...must give account, that they may do it with joy, and uot with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. 18 Pray for us: for we trust we have a -jood conscience,... | |
 | Samuel Miller - 1807 - 370 pages
...of the church " is equally divided among many, since he writes " to the people, Obey them that have the rule over " you, and submit yourselves, for they watch for your " souls as those that must give an account, that they " may do it with joy and not with grief, for that is " unprofitable... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...absolute charge of the blessed Apostle, worthy to be imprinted in our heart ; Obey them, that hare the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they watch for your souls, as thry that must give account : Heb. xiii. 17. Not to press the vehement exhortations of the renowned... | |
 | John Skinner - 1809 - 694 pages
...extent of obedience and submission to which this precept of an apostle reaches — ' Obey them that have the ' rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they ' watch for your souls, as they that must give ac' count ; that they may do it with joy, and not ' with grief: for that is unprofitable... | |
 | Ezekiel Blomfield - 1809 - 690 pages
...require. To this rule, the members were bound to submit. " Obey them," says the apostle, " that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves ; for they watch for your souls, a» they that must give account." [Heb. xiii. 17.] " We beseech you, brethren, to acknowledge them... | |
 | 1809 - 612 pages
...them who have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God :" " Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves, for they watch for your souls :" And the command to ciders, "Take heed unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the... | |
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Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give an account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief. 
