...there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and of the unjust; and for this cause, do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence, both towards God and towards men." Impelled by his high testimony and example — by the still greater...

...:' Yet all who aspire to that important office, should, at least, be able to say with sincerity : ' Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God and toward man.' (Acts xxiv. 16.) Such were the morals and the conduct of a Socrates and an Epictetus...

...ami have hope towards God that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust ; and herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence toward* God and men." So also before King Agrippa : " And now I stand and am judged for the hope of tlte promise...

...press forward toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.2 And herein may I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.3 • 1 Ps. xxxviii. 18. . * Phil.iii. 14. 3 Acts xxiv. 16. Lord ! tomorrow is the rest...

...Luke i, 75. In holiness and righteousness before him, all the days of our life. Acts xxiv. 16. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. г Rom. x. 5. For, Moses describeth the righteousness, which is of the law, That the man which doth...

...themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. Now after many years I came to bring alms to my nation, and offerings. Whereupon certain Jews from...

...opened for sin and unclcanncss, and get it sprinkled with the blood of Christ. " Exercise yourselves to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men." In all that you undertake let conscience have the casting voice. Ask counsel of it diligently. Hear...

...never to offend either God, conscience, or men; that the real saint was one who " exercised himself to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men," Acts xxiv. 16. Thirdly. That Prodigalis had " left his first love," Rev. ii. 4: that, as iniquity had...

...by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. — Herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence, towards God and towards men." The character of the apostle Paul, observes Mr. 104 Cecil, was " a combination...

...the triumph of the Apostle over the fear of the Roman governor, and over the oratory of Tertullus : " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men." And this constitutes the triumph and the security of every believer in Christ Jesus : " Being justified...