 | John Hall - 1839 - 506 pages
...themselves in their own eyes, their iniquity will be found to be hateful?* Let it be our prayer that we may abhor that which is evil and cleave to that which is good;93 that we may be kept from walking in a way that is not good, after our own thoughts;9* from... | |
 | 1839 - 498 pages
...fruit; when it is¡ our study to do what it commands, to abstain from what it forbids ; when it makes us abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good. But this is no easy task. For this, we must not only hear, and read, and meditate upon God's word,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1839 - 810 pages
...base love of any thing here below, nor be oppressed with the cares of this life ; but assist us to " abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good." Let us " use this world as not abusing it." Give us true humility of spirit, that we may " not think... | |
 | THOMAS WEMYSS - 1840 - 560 pages
...damsel." And so in Deut. xi. 12 ; xxx. 20. On the contrary, to hate is to forsake. Thus, in Rom. xii. 9, " Abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good." In Isa. Ix. 15, forsaken and hated are put as synonymous. Thus, a man must hate his father for the... | |
 | James Smith (of Shoreditch, London.) - 1840 - 272 pages
...exercise reason, and inflexibly adhere to truth in all things ; — Yes, let them see that you can ' abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good.' " Thus far I have recommended moral virtues, and these, my son, are ornamental and useful, and carry... | |
 | Thomas Wemyss - 1840 - 536 pages
...damsel." And so in Deut. xi. 12 ; xxx. 20. On the contrary, to hate is to forsake. Thus, in Rom. xii. 9, " Abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good." fn Isa. Ix. 15, forsaken and hated are put as synonymous. Thus, a man must hate his father for the... | |
 | Henry Addington Simcoe - 1840 - 300 pages
...? St. Paul saith, Rom. xii., "If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, have peace with all men. Abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good ; avenge not yourselves, but give place unto wrath." Again, chapter xiii , " Let every soul be subject... | |
 | John Jewel - 1840 - 276 pages
...is in them ? St. Paul saith, " If it be possible, as much as in you lieth, have peace with all men. Abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good. Avenge not yourselves, but give place unto wrath1." Again: " Let every soul be subject to the higher... | |
 | Thomas Shuttleworth Grimshawe - 1840 - 476 pages
...prayer. As such I would employ them for your sakes : I would thereby the more assiduously teach you to " abhor that which is evil, and cleave to that which is good ; " and above all, I would with the more earnestness and dependence on the covenant grace of God, present... | |
 | William Henry Furness - 1840 - 290 pages
...appetites in the strictest subjection to thy pure law, written upon our hearts and commanding us to abhor that which is evil and cleave to that which is good ; and let us not in any unguarded moment fall into any sinful indulgence, into the bondage of any base... | |
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