| John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...When the apostles had been put in the common prison, brought before the council, and beaten there, they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. — Acts v. 18. 27. 40, 41. Panl and Silas being thrust into the inner prison, and their feet made... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1824 - 526 pages
...their pain ! Neither were their backs more full of wales, than their mouths of laughter, for " Ihey departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...that they were counted worthy to suffer shame " for the name of Jesus, Acts v. 44. And as all these are animated by one and the same spirit, what other... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...the greatest trials with the greatest sweetness. as you may see m Acts v. 41 ; They departed from thi presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Jesus. So Paul in 2 Cor. xii. 1 0 ; / take pleasure in infirmjfies, in reproaches. in necessities,... | |
| Benjamin Boothroyd - 1824 - 626 pages
...against God." And to him .they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, they beat them, and commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and released them. 41 So they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 458 pages
...met with, but in them : They departed from the presence of the council, (where they had been beaten,} rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. These good men seem to have found heaven upon earth. They had the first-fruits of the Spirit, or those... | |
| George Townsend - 1825 - 810 pages
...overthrow it ; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 40 And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded...should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer... | |
| Sarah Burdett - 1825 - 244 pages
...life dear unto me, so that I may finish my course with joy." We read in the Acts, " that when they had called the apostles and beaten them, they commanded...should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. But when they had departed from the council, they rejoiced that they were counted worthy to suffer... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...overthrow it ; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 40 And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded...should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. 41 And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...doctrine, and intend to bring tiiis man's blood upon us, v. 28. And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded...should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go, 40. Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us ; and they please... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1825 - 660 pages
...and as Gamaliel calls it, " to fight against God°." Yet thus they did by the apostles, " When they had called the apostles and beaten them, they commanded...should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go p." So Acts iv. 18, 19. " And they called them and commanded them not to speak at all, nor teach in... | |
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