| John Clayton - 1789 - 134 Seiten
...— that now is the accepted time; and, therefore', it is an advice of the higheft moment, to work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work — a duty which, with peculi ar energy, St. Paul urgeth, when he fays, " Work out your falvation... | |
| Johann Caspar Lavater - 1795 - 296 Seiten
...every day to watch and to pray, becaufe I do not know when my Judge fhall come : — yes, my foul, work while it is -day, for the night cometh when no man can work. O Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom. Let me, Father, let... | |
| Henry Owen - 1797 - 420 Seiten
...falvation. It concerns us to work it out in the way he has fhewn. It concerns us to work it out fpeedily, " while it is day ; for the night cometh, " when no man can work." s t But, to convince you the more fully of this truth, and to urge you to a fuitable conduct,... | |
| General Association of Connecticut - 1801 - 442 Seiten
...flourish in Millennial days. The removal of your predecessors and fellow labourers calls you to work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work.' Within a few weeks past, as you know, the Rev. Dr. Welch, who was, for many years, a faithful... | |
| Theophilus Browne - 1805 - 274 Seiten
...for his own sin, nor that of his parents ; but that the works of God might be manifested in him. 4 I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day, for night is coming, when -no mancan work. 5 While I am in the world, I am a 6 light to the world." When... | |
| John Wesley, George Story - 1807 - 700 Seiten
...is.' O that I may never forget that my time is fhort : and may a fenfe of this induce me to * work while it is day,' for ' the night cometh when no man Can work.' 29, Dining at an inn, in Northallerton, I reproved one of the company for fwearing, who feemed... | |
| 1808 - 504 Seiten
...an idiom of the Greek, language, common among the most correct authors. i 4 be manifested in him ; I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day. Night is coming, when no one can 5 work. While I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 6 Having... | |
| Thomas Belsham - 1808 - 656 Seiten
...Alra!rm" Compare Matt. xvii. 11. See Wakefield's Note on the text. • 4 migbt be manifested in him. I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day : the night cometh, 5 when no man can work. While I am in the world, 6 I am the light of the world."... | |
| Edward Cooper - 1809 - 354 Seiten
...improve or wafte the talents entrufled to our care. God grant ! then, my brethren, that we may work, " while it is day ; for the night cometh when no man can work * !" The words of the text are taken from the parable of the unjuft fteward : the chief defign of which was... | |
| 1809 - 658 Seiten
...of Abraham." Compare Matt. xvii. 11. See Wakeneld's Note on the text. 4 might be manifested in him. I must work the works of him who sent me, while it is day : the night cometh, 5 when no man can work. While I am in the world, 6 I am the light of the world."... | |
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