 | 1825 - 570 pages
...that hath the ¡{ride is the Bridegroom : but the friend of the Bridegroom, who standet h and beareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the Bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I decrease. He that cometh from above it above all : he that is of... | |
 | John William Fletcher - 1826 - 618 pages
...man ! Again, (chap. iii. 28 :)—' I am not the Christ,.bat I am sent before him. He [the mere man] that hath the bride is the bridegroom ; but the friend of the bridegroom that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly, becanse of the bridegroom's voice: This my joy, therefore,... | |
 | 1827 - 524 pages
...come to him. John answered and said ; A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said ; I am not...of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all. He that is... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...come to him. John answered and said ; A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said ; I am not....rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. 183 CHAP. III. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh... | |
 | George Townsend - 1827 - 722 pages
...bear me witness, that I said, T I am yi John u.so. not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the...the bridegroom's voice '*: this my joy therefore is fulfilled lfl , 19 This final address or the Baptist cannot be understood, unless we keep in view a... | |
 | Edwin Ferriss - 1827 - 208 pages
...baptized you with •water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.'' St. John 3—28, 29, 30, " Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not...the Christ, but that I am sent before him. — He must increase, but I must decrease.'' Let the reader compare these passages with St Mat. '3, 11, 12.... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 688 pages
...I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire. JOHN, iii. 28 : Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. ACTS, xiii. 25 : As John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am ? I am not he. But,... | |
 | John Platts - 1827 - 676 pages
...; and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage : and the door was shut. JOHN, iii. 29: He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and neareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice : This my joy therefore is fulfilled.... | |
 | Edwin Ferriss - 1827 - 210 pages
...baptize you with the Holy Ghost." St. John 3 — 28, 29, 30, " Ye yourselves bear me witness that 1 said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. — He must increase, but I must decrease." Let the reader ronn-ure the<e passages with St Mat. 3, Jl, 12.... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - 1828 - 300 pages
...this insinuation ? Far from it. ' If it be so,' as though he had said, ' this is perfect joy to me.' " He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the...the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I decrease." Nay, even among the Apostles themselves a spirit was... | |
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He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. 
