| Edward Synge - 1737 - 354 pages
...that which is good, fays St. Paul, i T'heff. 5. 2 r. Be ready always to give an Anj'wer to every one that ajketh you, a Reafon of the Hope that is in you, fays St. Peter, i Pet. 3. 15. Believe not every Spirit, but try the Spirits, whether" they are of God,... | |
| William Dodwell - 1745 - 88 pages
...the neceflary Support of this Life, and the only Preparative for Another. i Tet. i Pet. III. 15. Be ready always to give an Anfwer to Every Man that ajketh You a Reafon of the Hope that is in You. THis whole Epiftle of St Peter j and this particular Direction of it, were addrefled to the whole Body... | |
| Jeremiah Seed - 1747 - 482 pages
...Scriptures, a Proof of their divine Infpiration. i PETER III. 15. Be ready always to give an Anfiver to every Man that ajketh you a Reafon of the Hope, that is in you. 203 > • Eight SERMONS On the Evidences of Chriftianity, the Corruption of our Nature; the Redemption,... | |
| John Tillotson - 1748 - 448 pages
...the Lord God in your hearts ; (that is, make him the great objcct of your dread and truft) : and be ready always to give an anf-wer to every man that ajketh you a reafon of the hope that is in you. II. The holding faft the profsiqion of our faith without -wavering, doth not imply, that men mould... | |
| John Orr - 1750 - 424 pages
...Duty of every Man to defend it, and the proper Methods of fupporting it. i PETER i PETER III. 15. Be ready always to give an Anfwer to every Man that ajketh you a Reafon of the Hope that is in you, with Meeknefs and Fear. Page 358. SERM. XIV. The Spiritual and Moral Liberty of Men. JoHN VI11. 32.... | |
| Thomas Stackhouse - 1760 - 370 pages
...will then come in to our Comfort and Relief : Sanflify the Lord in your Hearts, and be always ready to give an Anfwer to every Man, that ajketh you a Reafon of the Hope that is in you, with Mecknefs and Fear : Having a good Confcience, that, whereas they fpeak Evil of you, as of Evil-doers,... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...created, Ihall praife the Lord. ji Pet. iii. ij. But fanetify the Lord God in your hearts : and be ready always to give an anfwer to every man that aJketh you a reafon of the hope that is in yon, with meeknefs and fear. Mic. iv. j. For all people will walk every one in the name of his god,... | |
| John Flavel - 1767 - 268 pages
...Converfation in univerfal Integrity, 1 Pet. iii. 15, 16. Bat fanfiify the Lord Gad in your Hearts, and be ready always to give an Anfwer to every Man that ajketh you a Reafon of the Hope that is il:you, 'witb Meeknefs and Fear : Having a good Cenfcier.ce, that whereas they fpeak Evil of you as... | |
| Henry Owen - 1773 - 328 pages
...light of thy countenance; becaufe thou hadji a favour unto them.' p. 279. :r t ,•>•' SE RSERMON Be ready always to give an anfwer to every man, that ajketh you a reafon of the hope that is in you* with meeknefs and reverence* IT is the plain intention of the Apoftle in ' the text* to exhort Chriftiafls... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 pages
...virtue of this command. God exprefsly requires it, x Pet. iii. i5. Be ready always to give an anfiuer to every man that aJketh you a reafon of the hope that is in you, •with meeknefs and fear. It has a promife annexed to it, Rom. x. 9. If thcu Jhalt confefs with thy... | |
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