| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 páginas
...created to be received with thanksgiving, of them which believe and know the truth Vcr. 4. For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. Ver. S. For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. v. 23. Use a little wine for thy stomach's... | |
| Georg Joachim Zollikofer - 1807 - 462 páginas
...account it to him for a sin, that as a sensual being he should enjoy sensual pleasure. No ; " every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving.'' Permit me now, my pious hearers, to lay down a few rules which may be of service to you in the use... | |
| John Newton - 1808 - 704 páginas
...man may almost starve his body to feed his pride : but to those who fear and serve the Lord, every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused,...thanksgiving, for it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. Notwithstanding these limitations, the precept is very extensive and important. " Be not conformed... | |
| Robert Coutts - 1808 - 460 páginas
...exhort us to rejoice, in receiving the bounties of Providence. " Every creature of God," saith Paul, " is good, and nothing to be refused, if " it be received with thanksgiving."f " O come," exclaims the psalmist, " let us sing unto the Lord : " let us make a joyful... | |
| William Jones - 1810 - 458 páginas
...know and am per" suailed by the Lord Jesus that there is nothing " unclean of itself — For every creature of God is " good, and nothing to be refused,...thanksgiving; for it is sanctified by the word " of God, and by prayer*." It may seem strange to us at this time, that the Apostle should express himself with so... | |
| Theophilus Lindsey - 1810 - 568 páginas
...particular, kinds of meats, he remarks ; That " to every creature of God, wholsome food, of whatever sort, is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received...thanksgiving. For it is sanctified by the word of God, and by prayer." God's creatures, then, or the various kinds of salutary provision which he has made for... | |
| John Gill - 1810 - 626 páginas
...persuaded with the apostle Paul, that there is nothing common and unclean of itself; but that every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving. The Injunction by the synod of Jerusalem, to abstain from blood, and things strangled, was only pro... | |
| Theophilus Lindsey - 1810 - 550 páginas
...distance from all excesses which may unfit us for this service : whilst it will teach us, that « every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving." (1 Tim. iv. 4.) Lastly, To draw to a conclusion : From this imperfect sketch, by way of enlargement... | |
| William Burkitt - 1810 - 174 páginas
...liberty of feeding upon all the good creatures pf God with temperance and sobriety. 1 Tim. iv. 4. " Every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving." Which hints a second rule; that a Christian ought to perform«his natural actions to spiritual purposes,... | |
| James Macknight - 1810 - 424 páginas
...they were to recommend abstinence from marriage to the monks, and friars, and VOL. iv. 29 4 For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: 5 For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer. 6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of... | |
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