 | Anthony Horneck - 1684 - 506 pages
...hereafter. This would lay before them that fayii g of Chrift, Matt. 16. •26. What /half it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and lofe his own foul .<? or what jhalla man give in exchange for hifjbul? This would fhew them their ftupendous folly, in venturing... | |
 | Richard Lucas - 1710 - 378 pages
...Profit from his Sins, yet he muft believe all the while, that he muft one day pay dear for them 5 for what is a man profited if he gain the whole world and loofe his own foul .<? or what fljalta/ftan give in exchange for his foul? Ah! were this point gain'd,... | |
 | Matthew Hole - 1716 - 540 pages
...fell an everlafting Inheritance ? and for a fmall fpot of Earth, to part with a Kingdom in Heaven ? What is a Man profited, if he gain the whole World, and lofe his own Soul ? And if the whole World can be no Recompence or Exchange for the Soul, fure to lofe it for a... | |
 | Zachary Grey - 1737 - 560 pages
...all thefe his Dominions, which is no " Waies in his Power to helpe. For you know who «« faies, Wbat is a Man profited, if he gain the whole « World) and lofe bis own Soule. Whereas by the «* thefe Particulars, puts him in a right way for the " contrary, the... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 438 pages
...Suppofe a man fhould gain the whole world, and ruin himfelf for ever, what would be the advantage of it ? What is a man profited, if he gain the -whole world, and lofe himfelf? Secondly, Suppofe a man had made fuch a bargain, and undone himfelf for ever, to gain the... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - 1751 - 552 pages
...author treats as the great encouragement of believing ; and this is the one thing necejjary : for, What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and loie his own foul ? This falvation is fct forth in fcripture-light, accounted for in its. parts and... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 482 pages
...world can ftand againft that argument of our SAVIOUR, if it bz (crioufly weighed and confidered ; " what is a man *' profited; if he gain the whole world, and lofe " his own foul ?" or what fhall a man give in ex" change for his foul ? If he would confider things impartially, and weigh... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1757 - 332 pages
...make us miferable. BUT let us hear what a greater than Solotnon iaith, even Chrift himfelf ; he faith, What is a man profited, if he gain the 'whole world, and lufe his own jon 11 Or what jhall a man give in exchange far his jon H Matth. xvi. if f Where we fee... | |
 | James Fisher - 1764 - 312 pages
...more concerned for the falvation of our fouls, than for all things in the world ; For, fays Chrift, what is a man profited, if he gain the •whole -world, and lofe hit own foul f Matth. xvi. 16. Quefr. 17. H%j <#</ GW create man male and female ? Anfia. For the propagation... | |
 | William Dodd - 1764 - 330 pages
...confiderations, to move us to an obfervance of the laws of Him, who hath faid, What /hall a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, and lofe his own foul! Every man, will affuredly think, that fuch alarming informations as thefe, are fuflicient, feparate... | |
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For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self... 
