 Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch and be sober.  Littell's Living Age - Page 1381850Full view - About this book
 | William Jones - 1810 - 472 pages
...and will never deceive us. THE TEXTS. Psal. xxxix. 6. Man walketh in a rain shadow. 1 Thcss. v. 6. Let us not sleep, as do others; but let us watch, and be sober. Eph. v. 14- Awake than that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. Luke... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 480 pages
...will be our rest at the expiration of it! — Let us then " exercise ourselves unto godliness" — Let us not sleep as do others; but let us watch and be sober0— Let us, as dear fellow-servants, strive to keep each other awake and lively — And soon... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 466 pages
...and the 5th verse. ' Ye are all children of the light and of the day, and not the sons of night or darkness ; therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober ; putting on the breast- plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation, for God... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...vanity. : By Watchfulness. fo) We are all the children of light, and the children of the day. We are not of the night, nor of darkness ; therefore let...sleep, as do others, but let us watch and be sober. (p) See that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise ; redeeming the time, because the days... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 616 pages
...to the Thessalonians. Ye are all children of the light and of the day, and Mot the sons of night or darkness ; therefore let us not sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober -, putting on the breast-plate of faith and love, and for an helmet the hope of salvation* for God... | |
 | David Benedict - 1813 - 588 pages
...Tuesday he came up to King and Queen county, and preached at Bruington meeting-house, from these words : Therefore, let us not sleep as do others, but let us •watch and be sober. It was an awakening discourse, worthy of this masterly workman. On that day he took cold and grew worse.... | |
 | 1814 - 570 pages
...be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love ; and for an helmet the hope of salvation: 7 For they that sleep, sleep in the night; and they that be drunken, are drunken in the night. 9 For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain a The times and the... | |
 | 1815 - 444 pages
...is high time to awake out of sleep," said the watchman that guarded the city of the living. God. " Let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober." Mankind in general, as to their spiritual concerns, are fast asleep ; lulled in carnal security, and... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 554 pages
...as in 1 Thess. v. 5 — 8. " Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day ; we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us...sleep, sleep in the night ; and they that be drunken are drunken in the night." Many of you that have lately set up this practice of frolicking and jolhty,... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...usefulness. May the love of Christ constrain us ! And let us remember our professed character : " We are not of the night, nor of darkness : therefore let...sleep as do others, but let us watch and be sober." After the example of our blessed Lord, let us work " while it is day : the night cometh when no man... | |
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