 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us.  The Works of the Rev. John Newton ... - Side 388av John Newton - 1824Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 748 sider
...would be well if all who have aimed to derive a plenitude of power from the example of the apostles, were equally desirous to imitate him in the use of...only, but also our own souls, because " ye were dear to us." No comment can do justice to the spirit of this sentiment, or to the force of the expression,... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 660 sider
...Sermon is respectfully inscribed, By the AUTHOR. ON THE DEATH OF DR. CONYERS. THESSALONIANS, ii. 8. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were...also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. AN active, undaunted zeal in the service of God, and a peculiar tenderness of affection towards his... | |
 | 1824 - 462 sider
...the apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children: 8 So being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. 9 For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would... | |
 | Moses Stuart - 1824 - 448 sider
...Christ, to the conversion of many of whom he had been directly instrumental, he seems to be all love. "So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were...but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us — But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time, in presence, not in heart, endeavored... | |
 | 1847 - 390 sider
...the natural fervour of the apostle. " My brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown." " Being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us." Self-love was lost in the love of the brethren ; he sought not his own, but his Master's glory. " Who... | |
 | 1824 - 570 sider
...Thessalonians, " We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children : so, being affeclionalely desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted...also, our own souls, because ye were dear unto us." 1 Thess. ii 7, 8. — Such a spirit, also, Paul shows to be essential when he says to Timothy, "The... | |
 | Charles Richard Sumner - 1824 - 474 sider
...prominently insisted on. God is witness, that being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to impart unto you not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,... | |
 | Isaiah Birt - 1824 - 106 sider
...language of the apostle — "Being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted to you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us."t Infidels may be gratified to obtain the venerable Doctor Hawker as an auxiliary, in holding up... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 570 sider
...pleasing men, but God who trieth their hearts.' And ' being affectionately desirous of you,' he was ' willing to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also his own soul, because ye were dear unto him.' And, I may add, ' ye are witnesses, and God also, how... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 sider
...of men sought we glory, &c. but we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children ; so being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, &c. labouring OF THE GOSPEL, &C. night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of yon,... | |
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