 ... the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost," — joy, that is to say, in the holy, healthful, and helpful Spirit.  The life of the rev. John Wesley, M.A. to which is prefixed, some account of ... - Seite 214von John Whitehead - 1805Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Europe - 1846 - 202 Seiten
...we are informed that- the religion of Christ is not a religion of forms — that the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost ; but now ceremonies were multiplied, men were led to addict themselves to these as of primary... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 402 Seiten
...afford, Our prlv'lege is most sweet, And will with comfort! greet. MVOL. II. Q q "The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. ...Bom. xiv. 17. How much did our dear Saviour bear, what pains did he take with his first disciples... | |
 | John Whitehead - 1805 - 284 Seiten
...Sewan!, and preached without molestation. April 3d, he arrived in London, and preached at the Fonndery, on, " The kingdom of God is not meat and " drink,..." Ghost.'''' He observes, " My heart was enlarged m " prayer for the infant Society." The Society in London was at this time terribly distracted with... | |
 | 1845 - 786 Seiten
...deserted. Husks, and shells, and chaff, will never nourish souls for eternity. ' The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.' We write it without anger, yet knowing that we speak the plain truth, when we reiterate the... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - 1806 - 406 Seiten
...drinks, he states it as a general and fundamental doctrine of Christianity, that " " the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." It seems also by the mode of reasoning which the Apostle adopts in his epistle to the Corinthians... | |
 | Edward Barwick - 1811 - 246 Seiten
...penances, &c. And St. Paul tells us, with respect to such customs as these, that " the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy, in the Holy Ghost." ie that the christian religion does not consist in such sorry things, as eating or not eating... | |
 | William Jay - 1812 - 284 Seiten
...spirit, and '•' not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of : ' God. The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, ' but righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Ghost. :i The kingdom of God is not in word but in power." And to draw towards a close—If such a... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1812 - 226 Seiten
...kingdom would hardly be supposed to overlook the apostle'a account of it. The kingdom of God, he says, is " not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy GhosU"» From this statement we should expect to find the essence of it placed in things moral rather... | |
 | William White - 1813 - 532 Seiten
...the heart. An instance of this, is the frequent citing of Romans xiv. 17. — " The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost." From which it is argued, that since bread and wine are meat and drink, they are foreign to... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1872 - 634 Seiten
...the apostle is admirable at once for brevity, simplicity, and comprehensiveness. " The kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost" (Rom. sir. 17). The term " righteousness" as used in Scripture has a threefold signification... | |
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