| Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...that stumbling stone;" he takes care to anne* to this declaration, these conciliating expressions ; " Brethren, my heart's desire, and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved ; for I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge."... | |
| George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...saved," plainly shew. This was the object the apostle had in view, as you find in the first verse of this chapter—" Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved ;" and in the ninth verse, " If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1818 - 432 pages
...were accused from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh." And again, he says ; " Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved." But there he saw them, devoted to the worm and fire, discribed by the prophet Isaiah.... | |
| 1840 - 772 pages
...BISHOP OF CYRUS, IN SYRIA, ON ST. PAUL'S EPISTLE TO THE ROMANS. ( Continued from page 36.) CHAPTER X. 1. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might he saved. An ardent wish is what he here calls a desire, for I ardently wish, says he, and pray,... | |
| 1819 - 488 pages
...the name of the Lord Jesus h. 2. His warm benevolence, his ardent concern for the salvation of men. Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they might be saved'. Being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not... | |
| 1822 - 550 pages
...credit, but from regard to the glory of God and the food of souls. " Brethren," says t. Paul, " my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved." (Rom. x. 1.) It is not enough Ц publish the Gospel report; the faithful messenger desires to see it... | |
| 1822 - 554 pages
...heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh.' ' My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved." But since that day, Christians seem to have entirely lost the spirit of Christ and his apostle. The... | |
| 1822 - 486 pages
...and th*e annual discourse was delivered by the Rev. John Bartlett, of Marblehead, from Romans x. 1. ' Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may he saved.' A collection.was afterwards made. The following is the substance of the Report, which was... | |
| 1839 - 1092 pages
...than the house could contain; among whom were very many nativft, whom I addressed in French, from, "My heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is, that they may be saved." All listened with attention, and I thought with seriousness too. With a Preacher here adequate to the... | |
| Thomas Young - 1822 - 348 pages
...by the works of the law : for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone." (ix. 30 — 32.) And again ; " Brethren, my heart's desire, and prayer to God for Israel, is, That they might be saved : for I bear them record, that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge... | |
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