 | 1879 - 1042 pages
...advance Thy glory.' For a season ' the churches ' under the care of these earnest workers ' had rest, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.' To the advantage taken of this favourable season for the zealous prosecution of their labours, as well... | |
 | John Fry - 1822 - 568 pages
...the churches of Judea and Samaria, after the persecution that arose on account of Stephen, — " They were edified, and, walking in the fear of the Lord...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." We may reason, from analogy, that this \vas the case. The same prosperity that nurtured the seeds of... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 542 pages
...believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. Then had the Churches rest ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. The kingdom of God is not meat and drink ; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost. 6.... | |
 | 1842 - 1128 pages
...believed were of one heart and one soul, praising God, and having favour with all the people : " " And walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." But its full accomplishment must be sought when the church, astonished at the accession of converts,... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 396 pages
...of his narrative, to observe, thatlAen (ie about three years posterior to this,J) "the churches had rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria,...the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were moltiplied." This was the work of the second period, which comprises about four years. Hitherto the... | |
 | 1823 - 542 pages
...notice the OUTWARD CIRCUMSTANCES of the primitive Christians, at the time to which my text refers. " Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and Galilee, and Samaria." A church, in Scripture language, means a company of real believers in Christ Jesus; and the expression... | |
 | John Jones - 1824 - 304 pages
...provinces ; and it was immediately followed by the happy effect, which is thus stated in Acts ix. 31 : " Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and...in the comfort of the holy ghost, were multiplied." Had Gibbon been aware of the full strength of the evidence that Tiberius proposed to the senate, the... | |
 | 1824 - 462 pages
...30 Which when the brethren knew, they brought him down to Cesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus. 31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 32 If And it came to pass, as Peter passed throughout all quarters, he came down also to the saints... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...glass, the soul sees the glorious face of God shining and sparkling, and this fills the soul with joy. Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea, and...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied, Acts ix. 31. The more their graces were increased, the more their comforts were augmented. ' If one... | |
 | William Paley - 1824 - 426 pages
...to observe, that then (ie about three years posterior to this,*) " the churches had rest throughput all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified,...in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied." This was the work of the second period, which comprises about four years. Hitherto the preaching of... | |
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Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied. 
