 | Joseph Hall - 1837 - 624 pages
...ye expect; I am only his servant and messenger, which am sent before to make way for him. III. 29. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the...of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. It is he, who is the true and only Bridegroom, and Husband of his spouse, the Church : this... | |
 | Thomas Adam - 1837 - 564 pages
...was, that he must not go beyond his commission ; and he had none to keep his disciples to himself. 29. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the...the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. His joy was to hear Christ, who is the bridegroom of the church, and of every believer.... | |
 | Gustavus Fellowes Davis - 1837 - 332 pages
...so beautifully expresses. " Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the...standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of 2 the bridegroom's voice. This my joy, therefore, is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease."... | |
 | 1837 - 554 pages
...Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 29 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the...and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom-s voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease.... | |
 | Richard Hurrell Froude - 1838 - 460 pages
...unto Him : " And he answered, and said, A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven. He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom; but the...the bridegroom's voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled." It would be easy to contrast John the Baptist in this respect as well with other Saints... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1839 - 382 pages
...to himself, he adds, ".Ye yourselves can bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before Him. He that hath the bride is the...the bridegroom's voice, this, my joy, therefore, is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. Understand my real office. I am not the Christ. I... | |
 | William Alexander - 1839 - 434 pages
...on another occasion : " Ye yourselves bear me witness that I said — I am not the Christ; but that I am sent before Him. He that hath the bride is the...of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. HE MUST increase, but I MUST DEcrease." Here it is observable that John does not say " His... | |
 | Jesus Christ - 1840 - 244 pages
...be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the...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... | |
 | John Clarke Crosthwaite - 1840 - 568 pages
...Baptist to his disciples. " Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. He that hath the bride is the...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... | |
 | General society for promoting district visiting - 1840 - 398 pages
...virgins which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom." So John the Baptist says, " He that hath the bride is the bridegroom, but the...rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice." So St. John in the Revelations, says, " And I, John, saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down... | |
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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. 
