| 1825 - 688 páginas
...sight of God ; for we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord. Do I seek to please men ? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man. Even ~c> we... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1828 - 400 páginas
...hypocrites, and unbelievers, (Luke xiii. 3, 5. Mark xvi. 16. Matt. xxiv. 51.) Paul saith of himself, " If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." Patience and meekness is commanded to the ministers of Christ, even in the instructing of opposers,... | |
| George Thomas Chapman - 1828 - 424 páginas
...phantom, good report, without good desert, nor resist the counsels of revelation teaching me, that " if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." I would rather win an approving smile from him, in my honest endeavours to pro* mote the cause of his... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 páginas
...Lord hath given me to your edification, &c. — 2 Cor. xiii. 8 — 10. Do I seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ, &c.-Gal. i. 10, &c. Paul blamed Peter for dissembling, openly. — Gal. ii. 11 — 14. Paul had a holy... | |
| James Stuart M. Anderson - 1829 - 776 páginas
...please God, we cannot please the natural man. Therefore the apostle says to the Galatians, (i. 10,) " If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ ;" and in the 18 text he tells us, that the manner of our ministrations must be, " not as pleasing men, /jut... | |
| First Parish (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1829 - 122 páginas
...apostle—indelibly impressed upon my mind in the text, and by the discourse upon it, at my ordination ; " For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." in the sight of God." This has been, and by the grace of God, shall be my aim in " this ministry."... | |
| James Nourse - 1829 - 292 páginas
...received, let him be accursed ! For do I now persuade men, or 10 God ? or do I seek to please men ? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ. The Bos i as ^UT * cert'fy vou' brethren, that the gospel which was 1 1 preached by him, preached of... | |
| First Church (Cambridge, Mass.) - 1829 - 70 páginas
...apostle—indelibly impressed upon my mind in the text, and by the discourse upon it at" my ordination, " For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ." Gratefully remembering the assurance you have given me, that you " should be most unwilling to interfere... | |
| 1833 - 684 páginas
...judgment." Again he says, — " Even so we preach, not as pleasing men, but God whotrieth our hearts." " If I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Jesus Christ." There is a degree of sensitiveness in regard to our own reputation, which completely... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 548 páginas
...that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment;" 1 Cor. iv.3. And " Do I seek to please men? For if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ ;" Gal. i. 10. Good natures are loath to provoke others to displeasure ; and grace moveth us to please... | |
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