 | Samuel Clarke, John Clarke - 1729 - 340 pages
...Giving no occafion to the adJ4" verfary to fpeak reproachfully : But, letid, ting our Light fo jhine before men, that they may fee our good Works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven. 5. Laftly ; THE Name of God is fometimes in Scripture taken literally, to fignify men's making U/'e... | |
 | Richard Crossinge - 1732 - 324 pages
...publickly to be feen of Men, and to be commended by Men ; but we are to do them publickly, that Men may fee our good Works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven. Neither am. I to be underftood, as if becaufe we are exhorted to eiteem others better than, ourfelves,... | |
 | John Sharp (abp. of York.) - 1734 - 434 pages
...of God, it being a Pra&ice of our Saf viour's great Precept, that we ftiould let 1 ' our Light fhine before Men, that they may fee, our good Works, and glorify our Father which is in 'Heaven. a. If Chriftianity has made no Alteration ^s to the natural and civil Relations and Obligations that... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1738 - 224 pages
...Mem-. her of the Church. Accordingly we are commancU ed by our Blefled Lord to let our Light fojhine before Men, that they may fee our good Works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven. And the Apoftle Saint Paul bids us <vualk circumfpetffy towards them that are without, redeeming the... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 564 pages
...Sincerity of our Faith, by the Exemplarinefs of our Lives and Converfations. Lef our Light fo Jhine before Men, that they may fee our good Works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven. Now to God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghoft, let us render, a$ is due, all Praife, &c. FINIS. BOOKS... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1744 - 416 pages
...fo iar from being ineonfiftent with that other Precept of our Saviour, of letting our Light fo pine before men, that they may fee our good Works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven; that, on the contrary, there is no greater and more effectual recommendation of Virtue, to the imitation... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 412 pages
...exemplary to others in a holy and virtuous converfation ; our light is fo to fline before men, that others may fee our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. And do we think all this is to be done in an inftant, and requires no time ? that we may delay and... | |
 | 1756 - 526 pages
...enter into temptation : and not to confine the light, as in a dark lanthorn ; but, to let it fo fhine before men, that they may fee our good works, and glorify our Father, which is in Heaven. IT is not the place of a Monitor to punifh ; but to exert all his faculties with a view to deter evil-doers... | |
 | 1760 - 500 pages
...enter into temptation ; and not to confine the light, as in a dark lanthorn ; but, to let it fo mine before men, that they may fee our good works, and glorify our Father, which is in Heaven* IT is not the place of a Monitor to punifh ; but to exert all his faculties with a view to deter evil-doers... | |
 | John Bold - 1762 - 78 pages
...mutual Confent and Agreement in holy Offices. It is there that we let our Light fofhine beforeMen, that they may fee our good Works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven. In a word, It is there, in the Temple, or Place fet apart for religious Worlhip, •that GOD'S Honour... | |
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... fo fhine before men, that they may fee our good works, and glorify our Father, which is in Heaven. 
