 | 1823 - 396 pages
...Hebrews has sometimes been advanced in support of the doctrine of the perseverance of the saints — " Be content •with such things as ye have, for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." A moment's reflection, however, will convince us, that this passage brings... | |
 | Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1823 - 334 pages
...and happy disposition of contentment, by observing -that, 1st. The command of God obliges us to it. 0 Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as yc have ; for he hath said, I will never leave nor forsake you." Than which, no precept can be more... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - Death - 1824 - 654 pages
...providence of God, and his fatherly care. To this purpose St. Paul exhorts us, in express terms, " Let "your conversation be without covetousness ; and...as ye have : for he hath said, " I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee," Heb. xiii. 5 ; and to beget in us a horrour of this infamous vice, he tells... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1832 - 590 pages
...for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us." And the same apostle says again to Christians, " Let your conversation be without covetousness, and...things as ye have. For he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...carry nothing out; and having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. — 1 Tim. vi. 6 — 8. Let your conversation be without covetousness, and...as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. — Heb. xiii. 5. Blessed is the man that endureth temptation, &c. — James... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...into as the flower of the grass he shall pass away. For the sun is no sooner a burning heat, but it Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and...as ye have ; for he hath , said, I will never leave thee, nor fortemptation and asnare,and into many sake thee: so that we may boldly foolish and hurtful... | |
 | Bible - 1824 - 462 pages
...Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefined : but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge. 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and...as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. and godly admonitions. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper,... | |
 | Christian life - 1867 - 348 pages
...refers to this virtue of contentment. " Let your conversation " — that is, your "whole conduct — " be without covetousness, and be content with such...as ye have ; for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." * "Well may we eay, "Having Thee I all possess.'' What can we want, what can... | |
 | Christian life - 1862 - 346 pages
...heart as from God. Observe how the apostle puts these together, contentment and freedom from care. " Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with such things as ye have : for be hath said, -I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my... | |
 | Christian life - 1872 - 348 pages
...strength of the Lord God ;" and to this trust the author of tlie Epistle to the Hebrews refers : " Be content with such things as ye have : for He hath said, I will, never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what... | |
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Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 
