...out of all question. He could not only say, when he was a Christian, " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God, and toward men," Acts xxiv. 16 : but even concerning the time when he was a Pharisee : " Men and brethren, I have lived...

...God, that there shall be a resurrection both of the just and the unjust, herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men." Acts xxiv. 15, 16. Q. What will become of the human race after the resurrection ? A. They will be judged,...

...infirmity, making conscience of words and action, as Paul did, Acts xxiv. 16. ' Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men.' What others count light, they will count great : even these as burdens to them, which they groan under,...

...scene of revelry, is not always the house of real joy ! ON CONSCIENCE. ** Herein do I exercise myself, to have always " a conscience void of offence toward God " and toward men *." _LtIE languid approbation of .virtue, of a mere concurrence in the forms of reJigiori, will never...

...zeal, or to the other by worldly compliance, he steadily persevered in the path of duty, endeavouring to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God, and toward men. " Secondly. \\ herever he saw a trial awaiting him, in the order of Providence, how terrific an aspect...

...exercise of grace and performance of duty. Were the believer to be as diligent, in " exercising himself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men *," as in trying his evidences ; he would advance more speedily than he does, in the assurance of sense....

...description have we of this labor, from the conduct and the pen of St. Paul. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God, and toward men. Acts, xxiv, 16. Happy the man who, by the grace of his God, is thus employed amidst the conflicting...

...examination of our own souls, into our motives, purposes, and ways of life, to see whether or not we "have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men " (Acts xxiv. 1 6). This is the witness of the conscience. When the accusers of the woman taken in...

...mentioned the hope of the resurrection, he adds, «and herein (on account of this) do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence ' toward God and toward men." In which admirable sentiment are at once expressed the active duties which exercise man, in his various...

...that her God reigneth. SERMON VIII. ON CONSCIENCE. ACTS xxiv, 16. And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men. / IT seems rather strange, that those, who have critically surveyed the powers and operations of their...