 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...shall receive the " crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to •..*.'. " them that love him." . " Hath not God chosen the *' poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the " kingdom which he hath promised to them that love " him ?" Thirdly. This love qualifies us... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1815 - 260 pages
...thou art rich, Rev. ii. 8, 9. Hearken, my beloved brethren, (saith a compassionate follower of Jesus) hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him ; James ii. 5. The same inspired writer... | |
 | Thomas Pole - 1815 - 142 pages
...iu it-, suburbs, we shall find abundant encouragement to apply the language of the Apostle James, ' Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him ?' And is it not of high importance to... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...riches. 4. It may be God has -made thee poor, because he would make thee rich : " Hearken, my beloved brethren. hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of a kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him ?" I am persuaded, if men upon whom the... | |
 | 1816 - 600 pages
...paid to the rich and great by the Christians, to whom he wrote, says, "Hearken, my beloved lirethron; hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom?" Christ declared to the people of Nazareth by a quotation from the prophet Isaiah his... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1817 - 746 pages
...justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to ike hope of eternal life. Jam. ii. 5, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to them that love him ? See Rom. viii. 17. 1 Pet. iii. 7. Of... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...from the north and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God." The pious poor are " heirs of the kingdom which God hath promised to them that love him." And at the last day, the King shall say to all on his right hand, whatever may have been their condition... | |
 | George Burder - 1818 - 332 pages
...this man anyjeason for the Apostle's thinking the less of him, " Hearken, says St. James, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?"—Oh how valuable is the acquisition... | |
 | Edward Atkyns Bray - 1818 - 458 pages
...Christ to his disciples. And those who are rich in faith, are said, in the Epistle of St. James, to be heirs of the kingdom, which God hath promised to them that love him. There is in man a natural desire of power ; which, in this life, degenerating into ambition, amuses... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...ix. 8. as ye have ; for he hath said, I will never leave tliee nor forsake theef. Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him*? Godliness with contentment is great... | |
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Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him? 
