 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my Joy therefore is fulfilled.  Sermons on practical subjects - Page 477by John Clarke Crosthwaite - 1840 - 80 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Clowes - 1819 - 354 pages
...27. John answered and said, A uian can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. .~r . 28. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him. 29. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom, but -the friend of the bridegroom, standing and hearing... | |
 | 1819 - 402 pages
...nothing, except it be given him from above." And ye know the character in which I have ever acted. " Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him," as his messenger and minister, not to assemble disciples in mine owp name, but to prepare men for him,... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1819 - 768 pages
...among Christians from the Word, particularly from the following passages: " John said of the Lord, He that hath the BRIDE is the BRIDEGROOM ; but the friend of the BRIDEGROOM, mho standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth greatly because of the BRIDEGROOM'S voice," John iii. 29 :"... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...the 62d chapter at the 5th verse, he is represented as rejoicing over his bride. St. John iii. 29. "He that hath the bride is the bridegroom; but the...rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice." B.2 The bride the Lamb's wife, or the New Jerusalem, is the same as the covenant of gospel mercy, as... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 458 pages
...interest or power, been his point) nothing could be more ingenuously self-deny1ng than his answer; " Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but am sent before him. He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1823 - 438 pages
...him." 27 John answered and said, " A man can reeeive nothing, unless it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ' I am not the Christ, but I am sent before his face.' 29 " He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the friend of the... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1823 - 440 pages
...angered and said, " A man can •eceive nothing, unless it be jiven him from heaven. 28 Ye .ourselves bear me witness, that I said, ' I am not the Christ, but I am sent before his face.' 29 " He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the Friend of the... | |
 | Eliphalet Wheeler Gilbert, Benjamin Ferris - 1823 - 524 pages
...the church, is I think clearly evident from John the Baptist's own assertion, John iii. 28, 30 : " Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said I am not the Christ/but that I am sent before him. He must increase, but I must decrease." Now it is so reasonable... | |
 | Charles Richard Sumner - 1824 - 474 pages
...ministry, he rejoices in witnessing this consummation of the glory which he had himself foretold. ' Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him, — this my joy, therefore, is fulfilled .... For he, whom God hath sent3 speaketh the words of God... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...to him. 27 John answered and said. A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. 28 Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and... | |
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