| 1813 - 580 דפים
...q Luke i. 75. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days cf our life. Acts xxiv. 16 And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of ofience toward God, and toward men . r Rom. x. 5. For Moses describeth the righteousness which is of... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1813 - 638 דפים
...and godly, in this present world." Just so, 8. Did our apostolic missionary live. "Herein," says he, "do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth... | |
| John Stanford - 1814 - 450 דפים
...rectitude. What a fine description have we of this labor, from the conduct and the pen of St. Paul. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God, and toward men. Acts, xxiv, 16. Happy the man who, by the grace of his God, is thus employed amidst the conflicting... | |
| 1814 - 314 דפים
...against the laws of the State ; for this is to the very same sense of what he speaks, chap. 24, verse 16. Herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and towards men. Finally, when it was moved to him by the governor, whether he would go... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 דפים
...conscience, which is the point of union between his faith and charity. " Herein," says the Apostle, " do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and men " (Acte xxiv. 16^. HWR THE EMPLOYMENTS OF ANGELS. и. AND, firstly, with respect to those functions... | |
| James BOWDEN (Minister at Tooting.) - 1814 - 634 דפים
...requires more than this; the grace of God teaches more. Under its constraining power, Paul said, " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence, both towards God and towards men." To Timothy he writes, " Study to shew thyself approved unto God... | |
| John Kingston - 1814 - 472 דפים
...zeal, or to the other by worldly compliance, he steadily persevered in the path of duty, endeavouring to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God, and toward men. " Secondly. \\ herever he saw a trial awaiting him, in the order of Providence, how terrific an aspect... | |
| John Colquhoun - 1814 - 446 דפים
...exercise of grace and performance of duty. Were the believer to be as diligent, in " exercising himself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men *," as in trying his evidences ; he would advance more speedily than he does, in the assurance of sense.... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1869 - 636 דפים
...examination of our own souls, into our motives, purposes, and ways of life, to see whether or not we "have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men " (Acts xxiv. 1 6). This is the witness of the conscience. When the accusers of the woman taken in... | |
| Richard Stack - 1815 - 328 דפים
...against him. Having mentioned the hope of the resurrection, he adds, «and herein (on account of this) do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence ' toward God and toward men." In which admirable sentiment are at once expressed the active duties which exercise man, in his various... | |
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