 | Thomas Olivers - 1818 - 232 pages
...29. " Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved,"let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire." The question here is, What are we to understand by hav>ng grace ? The words in the original are, EW» x*f»,... | |
 | Thomas Olivers - 1818 - 234 pages
...turning away from him who spake on earth, is TOTAi and FINAL also. us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire." The question here is, What are we to understand by having grace ? The words in the original are, E^BJUH... | |
 | Edward Atkyns Bray - 1818 - 458 pages
...HIM he heareth. SERMON XX. FROM TAYLOR. HEBREWS Xll. 28, 29' Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear : For our God is a consuming fire. ST. PAUL enumerates in this epistle, the great advantages which the Gospel possesses over the Law.... | |
 | 1839 - 788 pages
...judgment fires come down ! " Wherefore, brethren, we, having received a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear ; for our God is a consuming fire." ART. III. — A Charge delivered to the Clergy of the Peculiar Jurisdiction of the Dean of Chichester,... | |
 | Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - 1819 - 496 pages
...Myjiesh trembles for fear of thee, and I am afraid of thy judgments. Heb. xii. ult. Let us serve God with reverence and godly fear, for our God is a consuming fire. This is the fear which is called the beginning 'of wisdom, and marked with other very high titles of... | |
 | John Anderson - 1820 - 484 pages
...represent fear as a motive to obedience, 2 Corint. v. llj Knowing the terror of the Lord, we persuade men : Heb. xii. 28, 29, Let us serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: for our God is a continuing fire. And some of these texts represent the prospect of the great reward as the motive to... | |
 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...God. Wherefore, we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence, and godly fear : for our God is a consuming fire. (See the foregoing Chapters upon each of the several Articles of the Christian Faith.} (Heb. xiii.... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1822 - 504 pages
...teach the people, this great truth in Heb. xii. 28, 29 ; " Let us have grace whereby we may serve him acceptably, with reverence and godly fear, for our God is a consuming fire !" Present God thus before thee, and thy vain heart will quickly be brought to a more serious frame.... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 634 pages
...98,112, 126 Heb. xii. part of the 28th and 29th verses. J.ct us have grace, whereby we may serve God with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire. SERMON X. XI. The Flesh and the Spirit. • - ~ •* • • • • 139, 155 SERMON XII. XIII. XIV.... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 626 pages
...him he heareth." SERMON VII. OF GODLY FEAR, &C. PART I. Let us have grace, whereby we may serve God with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire. — Heb. xii. part of the 28th and 29th verses. ExQMEN rr)v \apiv, so our Testaments usually read it,... | |
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Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear. For our God is a consuming fire. 
