 | John Wesley - 1827 - 510 pàgines
...was a large congregation. Mr. I. read prayers, and I preached, with great liberty of spirit, on, " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" We then pushed on, though the snow lay deep on the ground, to the grtat inn at... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1828 - 504 pàgines
...angel of the Lord cometh, and saith unto them, " This night, O fool ! thy soul is required of thee;" " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? " Nevertheless, brethren, be ye witnesses, that " the pleasures of this life,"... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1828 - 522 pàgines
...insignificancy, and fade as a withering flower, when compared with eternal happiness or misery : " For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?" The soul of man, bearing the natural image of God in its noble powers and faculties,... | |
 | 1829 - 396 pàgines
...demand a great sacrifice. If so, deny thyself. Be not " sad at that saying." Obey God's voice. For " what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" Finally, let me say to all,... | |
 | Christian Mariner, Christian mariner - 1829 - 290 pàgines
...live a thousand years ifpon their enchantments, you would be no nearer the goal of solid felicity: " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?"* Great God! arise, and assert... | |
 | 1829 - 894 pàgines
...Christ for baubles like these; weigh well the interrogatories of one who knew the worth of salvation : " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul 1 or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul '.'" Divest these questions of... | |
 | 1830 - 206 pàgines
...expectation of what they next might hear. The preacher's text was from Matthew, chap. 16. ver. 26. /" What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and I lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" "' '.. "There.was a man who... | |
 | 1830 - 396 pàgines
...Christ for baubles like these; weigh well the interrogatories of one who knew the worth of salvation : " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul 1 or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul 1" Divest these questions of... | |
 | 1832 - 448 pàgines
...remark again , for I am solicitous it should be in yonr memory, before you peruse the following. " What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul? (! ! 1)" I was about to write, in terms of strong reprobation of the author's wilful... | |
 | Charles James Blomfield (bp. of London.) - 1832 - 502 pàgines
...profitable to be done ; and if so, we close the argument at once with our Saviour's unanswerable question, What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? O that his Spirit might bring that question home to the hearts and consciences of... | |
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