| Evangelicalism - 1842 - 368 pages
...of Christ arc as opposite as light and darkness, as Heaven and hell. The laws of Christ command us to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us ; the laws of war command us to do our utmost to destroy them. The Apostle says " If thine enemy hunger,... | |
| Daniel Waterland, William Van Mildert - Theology - 1843 - 786 pages
...injuries, no injustice, violence, or oppression, ought to stifle our sense of this duty ; for we are to " love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, and to " pray for them that despitefully use us and persecute us. If " our enemy hunger, we must feed... | |
| Enoch Pond - Church group work - 1844 - 388 pages
...maintain the spirit of our Saviour's instructions, and in most cases to follow them to the letter. We are to " love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, to bless them that curse us, and pray for them that despitefully use us, and persecute us. If our enemy... | |
| Levi Purviance - Cane Ridge Revival - 1848 - 324 pages
...Love is the fulfilling of the law." And we are not only required to love God and our neighbor, but to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, &c. It might possibly be gratifying to a person who has enmity in hii heart against his fellow man... | |
| Great Britain - 636 pages
...on our side. I hold all wars to be demoniac. I believe real Christianity — that which commands us to " love our enemies," to "'do good to them that hate us" — has for ever abrogated death struggles between man and man — between nation and nation. I believe... | |
| Primitive Baptists - 1849 - 422 pages
...who healed the sick, the lame, the blind, and raised the dead to life again — he who has taught us to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, and to pray for them that dsspitefully use us, and persecute us — he who laid down his own life for... | |
| 1850 - 806 pages
...meekness, patience under sufferings, forgiveness of injuries, and not to avenge ourselves, and even to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, and to pray for them that despitefully use and persecute us, Matt. v. 44. Christians are instructed... | |
| 1852 - 1162 pages
...olive tree in our own hearts begins to bear fruit, as from her kind and affectionate conduct, we learn "to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, and pray for them that despitefully use us and persecute us." Did you ever see oil thrown upon water... | |
| Mrs. Grive - 1853 - 524 pages
...You know, Robert, that until Christ came into the world, there were no such laws as there are now, to love our enemies, to do good to them that hate us, to bless them that curse us; so that many things, that might seem strange and wrong to us now, were not... | |
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