| Richard Stack - 1815 - 328 sider
...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... | |
| Jean Calvin - 1816 - 524 sider
...holiness of life. Sometimes, indeed, it is likewise extended to men; as when the same apostle declares, " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men." (*) . f -—-But the reason of this assertion is, that the fruits of a... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 456 sider
...themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence toward GOD and toward men. Now after many years, I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings.... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1818 - 632 sider
...sorrowful, and the end of our mirth shall be heaviness. SERMON XIII. J r On the Conscience void of Offence. ACTS, xxiv. 16. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God and toward men. words were spoken by the SERMON Apostle Paul, in the course of that manly... | |
| Henry Hunter - 1818 - 376 sider
...the triumph of the apostle over the fear of the Roman governor, and over the oratory of Tertullus ; " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence towards God and toward men." And this* constitutes the triumph and the security of every believer in Christ Jesus... | |
| 1819 - 488 sider
...all seasons ; serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears and temptations0. And herein do I exercise myself, to, have always a conscience void of offence toward God', and toward mand. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an... | |
| Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1819 - 378 sider
...denied all that the Jews had charged him with, and affirmed that he had broken no law, added, " And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men," (Acts xxiv. 16.) his behaviour was so exact, that he did not only abstain... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1840 - 644 sider
...the approbation of God. The apostle when arraigned before the Roman governor, said in his defence, " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward man," and he often appealed to God as a witness of his integrity. This feeling... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 494 sider
.../ and the end of that mirth is heaviness. - - 338 SERMON LXXXIV. On the Conscience void of Offence. ACTS, xxiv. 16. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men. 352 SERMON LXXXV. On the Ascension of Christ. [Preached in the Evening after... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1820 - 548 sider
...denied all that the Jews had charged him with, and affirmed that he had broken no law, added, "And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men," (Acts xxiv. 16.) his behaviour was so exact, that he did not only abstain... | |
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