...xii. his own example ; I, saith he, very gladly will spend Phil. ii. i7. and be spent for your souls ; and, If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy • and rejoice with you all; and, Being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have...

...magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. And if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all." Thus " the good Shepherd giveth his life for the sheep ; but he that...

...it so. You can conceive of no higher joy than that the apostle expressed to the Philippians, " Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your failli, 1 joy and rejoice with you all. However much and deeply you may have revolved in your mind...

...their blood, and offering their bodies to God, as appears from the language of Paul, Phil. 2. 17. 'Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all ;' and again, 2 Tim. 4. 6. ' For I am now ready to be offered, and the...

...: That I may rejoice in ¡He day of Christ, that I /täte not run in vain, nor laboured in 17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all. 18 For the same cause also do ye joy, and rejoice with me. Behold...

...fellowcreatures. Yes, this is the sacrifice which they should be ready to make : for so says the holy Apostle : " If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all: do ye also joy and rejoice with meg." Here the Apostle considers his...

...of ourselves for the good of those whom we tenderly love; as the Apostle said to the Philippians: " If I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all; for the same cause also, do ye joy and rejoice with me." But to say...

...expresses his regard for this one, great object, is singularly sublime and striking. " Yea," he exclaims, " and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all." St. Paul intends, in the language here used, to declare, that, provided...

...magnified in my body, whether it be by life or by death. For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. And if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all," Phil, i, 10-21 ; ii, 17. Thus "the good shepherd giveth his life for...

...extenuate, nor set down aught in malice ;" to fear God only, and leave consequences with him. " Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy and rejoice with you all !" I have, at different times, received letters from divers Friends,...