 | 1851 - 860 pages
...Lord, and agreeable to his truth; as Paul says, (Rom. xii. 1, 2,) " I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service; and be not conformed to this world," &c. And this is in our... | |
 | James Sheridan Knowles - 1851 - 352 pages
...Paul. Let the apostle speak for himself. — Romans xii. 1 — " I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice unto God." The sacrifice, here enjoined by Paul, is that of the lusts of the flesh ; bloodless sacrifices.... | |
 | Richard Alleine - 1852 - 400 pages
...his with the blood of his Son; ours, with the blood of our sins. "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God." Rom. 12:1. The sacrificing of ourselves to the Lord comprehends in it three things—alienation,... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1852 - 250 pages
...not rather say, as St. Paul does in his argument to the Romans, " I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" ? Rom. 12: 1. He besought them by the mercy,... | |
 | Plymouth brethren - 1852 - 108 pages
...especial incentives to this practical separateness ; the first is embodied in the words, " I beseech you by the mercies of God that you present your bodies a living sacrifice ; and that ye be not conformed to this world," &c. (Rom. xii. 1, 2.) The second arises from the exalted... | |
 | Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1854 - 276 pages
...him, are all things : to him be glory for ever. Amen. CHAPTER XII. I BESEECH you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this 2 world, but be yc... | |
 | 1854 - 272 pages
...special cause to remember the admonition of the Apostle, when he said : " I beseech you, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto Him, which is your reasonable service." (Hear, hear.) I would simply desire to attend... | |
 | 1855 - 550 pages
...Thou shalt not covet," here was law with penalty. The apostle said, I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service." It was appropriate and effective moral suasion. But when... | |
 | 1856 - 654 pages
...warrant« the duty as truly as if it had been exemplified by practice. " I beseech you, thcrfore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service." This passage suggests that the Apostle is here exhorting... | |
 | Levisa Buck - 1856 - 124 pages
...spirit of the document. " ' Dearly beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ : We most earnestly beseech you, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service ; and be not conformed to this world. Eemember... | |
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I beseech* you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your breasonabl.e service. 
