| Prayer (Book of common) (U.S. protest. episc. ch.) - 1850 - 990 pages
...may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath...to have you that he may sift you as wheat : but I h;ive prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not ; and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.... | |
| John Brown - 1850 - 620 pages
...words, so full of solemn affectionate warning, consolation, and exhortation, recorded by Luke, — " The Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired...have you, that he may sift you as wheat : but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when iri.f'N Matth. thou art converted, strengthen thy... | |
| William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1850 - 584 pages
...escape, that they may be able to bear it V As we see notably exemplified in St. Peter: to whom our Lord said ; " Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired...have you, that he may sift you as wheat : but I have ' Ps. ciii. 14. ' Rom. vi. 14. prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted,... | |
| Thomas Boston - Presbyterian Church - 1851 - 638 pages
...least temptation shall not get a complete victory over them as over unbelievers ; Luke xxii. 31, 32, " And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath...have yon, that he may sift you as wheat ; but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not." Satan carried Peter far, even to the denying of Christ ;... | |
| Primitive Baptists - 1851 - 526 pages
...mount, and the eye of pity that he cast upon him after his fearful fall, and yet tempted by Satan. " And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath...have you, that he may sift you as wheat ; but I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail thee not," &c. : Luke xxii. 31, 32. Paul had the honour of being... | |
| Hugh Patrick Smyth - 1921 - 248 pages
..."Father," says Christ, (John 17:17) "sanctify them in truth. Thy word is truth." To Peter the Master said, "Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to...have you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not; and thou being once converted, confirm thy brethren." (Luke... | |
| Francis X. Doyle - Apologetics - 1927 - 536 pages
...406. The first argument on which the Church's teaching rests is this: In Luke XXII, 31, 32, we read: "And the Lord said: 'Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath...have you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.' " From... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1826 - 304 pages
...A ' ..ster, Printer Kirkby Uw 96 THE CHILDREN'S FRIEND. No XXIX. MAY, 1826. VOL. III. SHORT SE11MON "And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath...have you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not. — LUKE xrii. 31, 32. It might be truly said by our Lord,... | |
| brother Bernard Alfred, brother Adjutor Denis, brother Conrad Gabriel, brother Cyprian James - 1942 - 428 pages
...and vhatsoever them shalt loose on earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven." (Matt. xvi, l8-l9). (2) "And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath...have you, that he may sift you as wheat : But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren." (Luke,... | |
| Saint Prosper (of Aquitaine) - Christian literature, Early - 1963 - 264 pages
...way in his temptations had not the Lord prayed for him;69 so the Evangelist discloses in these words: And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath...have you, that he may sift you as wheat. But I have 'prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not; and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren.60... | |
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