| Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...(/) I would have you without carefulness ; that they which weep, may be as though they wept not; dnd they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and...they possessed not; and they that use this world, as (/) Phil. 4 n, 1i. (g) 1 Cor. 7. »0, 1r. (i) Lute Ia. 19. Phil. 4. 6. J,uk« ta. 19,30,31. . (/')... | |
| J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 pages
...lest we should be too closely attached tQ this world, and forget our true character, St. Paul says, " Brethren, the time is short: it remaineth that both...abusing it; for the fashion of this world passeth away," 1 Cor. vii. 30, &c. From hence it will be seen how impossible it will be to preserve holy walking... | |
| 1837 - 714 pages
...us, temporary coverts to screen and shelter us. " Brethren," then, we would say, " it remaineth that they that have wives be as though they had none, and...buy as though they possessed not, and they that use the world as not abusing it ; for the fashion of this world passeth away." And now we would ask, in... | |
| William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...Ask whether you are detached in your affections from present things, which rapidly pass away ; for " this I say brethren, the time is " short : it remaineth,...abusing it ; " for the fashion of this world passeth away."* Moderate your expectations from the world, for the Lord is at hand ; let your enjoyments, pursuits,... | |
| William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...Is forcing the consideration upon you ; every thing is saying, "The time is short ; it remains that they that . " have wives be as though they had none...abusing it : for the fashion of " this world passeth away." I am the more diligent, says the apostle Peter, " knowing that I must shortly " put off this... | |
| 1845 - 624 pages
...inscribed on every corner, and burning in the hearts of all who dwell within it. Let, therefore, those that have wives be as though they had none, and they...abusing it, for the fashion of this world passeth away." Human happiness lies not necessarily in either wedded life or single; but consists in the right... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...propriety of the Apostle's conclusion, and let all the world see that we were influenced by it : " Brethren, the time is short. It remaineth that both...abusing it ; for the fashion of this world, passeth away." Considering our latter end, would also make it safe and comfortable. The good and bad join in... | |
| 1815 - 310 pages
...castaway." 1 Cor. ix. 24— 27. In another chapter, he presses temperance almost to indifterency : " But this I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth,...rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that use this world, as not abusing it." And all this is not without reason : he gives a very good one for... | |
| 1817 - 436 pages
...things of this world ; to remember that " the time is short ; that it behoves those who have wives to be as though they had none ; and they that weep as...not; and they that use this world as not abusing it, seeing the fashion of this world passeth away." 1 Cor. vii. 29 — 31. It will lead the disciples of... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...** moderation be known unto all men." This is the use which the Apostle makes of this observation: " But, this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth,...weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, ias though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use... | |
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