 | New Church gen. confer - 1840 - 586 pages
...of man. For what is of any real worth to man but that which contributes to his eternal good ? " By what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own goul ?" Should not our greatest, our unremitted exertions be directed to the securing... | |
 | 1815 - 412 pages
...as the following. Psalm cxi. 10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Matthew xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and loose his own soul ? 1 Timothy i. 15. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am... | |
 | Samuel Whelpley - 1816 - 362 pages
...brought home to the mind, stronger motives of action than our ordinary amusements and pursuits 1 " What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul '!" If these reformations do not reform mankind, they certainly are not the work... | |
 | American Education Society - 1816 - 432 pages
...faith in him, is the highest good of mankind ; comprises, indeed, all their essential interests. u For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" What are earthly things ?... | |
 | Samuel Horsley (bp. of St. Asaph.) - 1816 - 354 pages
...whosoever will save his life shall lose it," — shall lose that life which alone i§ worth his care: ^'For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?'* For there will come a day... | |
 | David Brown, Charles Simeon - 1816 - 528 pages
...overover-anxious after wealth, who give up all your time and talents to this single pursuit ; come and tell us, what is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ; or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Prosperity, or length of days,... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1816 - 194 pages
...the following ; Psalm, cxi. 10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Matthew, xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? 1 Timothy, i. 15. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am... | |
 | John Angell James - 1818 - 230 pages
...What then must be the value of the human soul ? Now you see the justice of our Saviour's language : " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul, or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Now you perceive shis is no... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1820 - 748 pages
...all that is in it perisheth and is destroyed ; he that doeth the will of God shall remain for ever ; what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Lay not up for yourselves treasures... | |
 | 1820 - 742 pages
...all that is in it perisheth and is destroyed ; he that doeth the will of God shall remain for ever ; what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Lay not up for yourselves treasures... | |
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For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self... 
