 | Baptists - 1835 - 810 pages
...infirmities, and reproaches, and necessities, and persecutions, for Christ's sake; and counted not his life dear unto himself, so that he might finish...ministry which he had received of the Lord Jesus. Imitate Him who left us an example, that we should follow him. Think of his compassion, seeking that... | |
 | John Scott - 1835 - 426 pages
...pains, for this object — never suffer him to faint in his work. No — all his aim should be, " to finish his course with joy, and the ministry which he had received of the Lord Jesus." Still would he go on unwearied by labours, unsubdued by persecutions, and unexhausted even by disappointments... | |
 | Charles Webb Le Bas - 1836 - 572 pages
...misfortunes ?—No ; far, very far indeed from that: " None of these things moved him, neither did he count his life dear unto himself, so that he might finish...which he had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God." IV.—In the decline of life, it is natural for man to tread back... | |
 | Richard Claridge - Quakers - 1836 - 350 pages
...Christianity. " And though bonds and afflictions attended him, yet none of those things moved him, neither counted he his life dear unto himself, so...might finish his course with joy, and the ministry he had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God, Acts, xx. 23, 24. " For... | |
 | Christian biography - 1836 - 432 pages
...alas! these things weighed little with our apostle, who " counted not his life to be dear unto him, so that he might finish his course with joy, and the...ministry which he had received of the Lord Jesus." And therefore, when under the sentence of death in his own apprehensions, could triumphantly say, "I... | |
 | Religion - 1836 - 428 pages
...alas! these things weighed little with our apostle, who " counted not his life to be dear unto him, BO that he might finish his course with joy, and the ministry which he had received of the Lord Jesus." And therefore, when under the sentence of death in his own apprehensions, could triumphantly say, "I... | |
 | Richard Claridge - Quakers - 1836 - 346 pages
...Christianity. " And though bonds and afflictions attended him, yet none of those things moved him, neither counted he his life dear unto himself, so that he might finish his course with joy, and :liy ministry he had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God, Acts, xx.... | |
 | Reformation - 1836 - 188 pages
...his life for the sake of his great Master; but none of those things moved him, neither did he count his life dear unto himself, so that he might finish his course with joy, by a faithful discharge of his ministerial duties. When the bloody Mary assumed the crown, the Popish... | |
 | 1852 - 1000 pages
...with his opponents in their own way ; for he had a much higher aim than to acquire a name among men. The ministry which he had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God, was the one thing which fified his mind and engrossed his thoughts.... | |
 | American periodicals - 1837 - 580 pages
...persevered unto the end.' Persecutions, stripes, buffet tings — ' none of these things moved him, neither counted he his life dear unto himself, so that he might finish his course with joy,' in defence of the gospel of the grace of God. 90 Editart' Table. The parable of the ten talents must... | |
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Neither counted he his life dear unto himself, so that he might finish his course with joy, and the ministry which he had received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God. 
