 ... they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword, they wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, (of whom the world was not worthy,) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains,...  Sermons on the doctrines and duties of Christianity [by H.M. Bowdler]. - Pagina 240di Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1819Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 pagine
...those in an earlier age, of whom Inspiration hath declared the world was not worthy) to wander about in deserts and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth, she sympathised with him, and never, says her son, was heard or seen to show the least discontent with... | |
 | 310 pagine
...out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,...in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." (Hcb. xi.) These are " witnesses " — a " great cloud ; " they witness that, as they overcame, so... | |
 | 1812 - 954 pagine
...were stoned, they were sa-.vn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered about, destitute, afflicted, tormented (of whom the world...in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth*." Compare now, with these vivid pictures of the primitive martyr*, the actual state of Christians in... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pagine
...about in sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented ; 38 (Of whom the world wa not worthy ;) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having ob tained a good report thrqugl faith, received not the promise 40 God having... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pagine
...sword : they wandered about in sheepskins, and goat-skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : 38 (Of whom the world was not worthy ; ) they wandered...in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth. 39 And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 4-0 God having... | |
 | 1817 - 628 pagine
...formidable only from the resistance of despair. The early Christians were exposed to similar sufferings. " They wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in " dens and caves of the earth ;" and the parallel could not fail to occupy the imagination of the oppressed Presbyterians, as conferring... | |
 | William Penn - 1807 - 394 pagine
...bonds and imprisonments : they were stoned, they were sawed asunder, were tempted, were slain with a sword ; they wandered about in sheepskins and goat-skins,...in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth ; and these all have obtained a good report." Methinks this should a little abate the intemperance... | |
 | David Savile - 1807 - 426 pagine
...about in ' sheep-skins and goat-skins, being desti' tute, afflicted, tormented : — they wander' ed in deserts and in mountains, and in ' dens and caves of the earth.' * Harmless and excellent as they were, they were made to endure all that the most ingenious malice... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pagine
...Consider the firmness of suffering saints in .former ages. " They were stoned, they were sawn asun1der, were tempted, were slain with the sword : they wandered...in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth." But they were not moved from their steadfastness.- — We observed above, that wicked men often sink... | |
 | Charles Buck - 1808 - 332 pagine
...sword ; they wandered about in sheep skins and goat skins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented : they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caves of the earth." And since the apostle's day, what dreadful accounts does history afford of the cruelties exercised... | |
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