 | Hugh Pearson - 1817 - 556 pages
...desire ? We read « that a good " soldier of Jesus Christ entangleth himself not with the af" fairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen " him to be a soldier;' or, as Guyse explains it, « he must " not follow any civil calling, unprofitable reading, or unne"... | |
 | 1817 - 842 pages
...hardness, as a good soldier of Jésus Christ. 4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with thé aflfairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 5 And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully. 6 The husbandman... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1817 - 276 pages
..."This is not the house!" In order to redeem time, he must refuse to engage in secular affairs: JVo man, that warreth, entangleth. himself with the affairs of this life, that he may filease Him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. He must watch, too, against a dozing away of time:... | |
 | Hugh Pearson - 1818 - 712 pages
...desire ? We read « that a good " soldier of Jesus Christ entangleth himself not with the af" fairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen " him to. be a soldier;' or, as Guyse explains it, • he must " not follow any civil calling, unprofitable reading, or unne"... | |
 | George Tomline - 1818 - 608 pages
...their profession, but rather considers it as furnishing full employment for those who engaged in it : " No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, (p) Acts, c. 25. v. 11. (q) Luke, c. 3. v. 14. (r) Acts, c. 10. v. i, &c. AUT. iikvn.] Thirty-nine... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pages
...for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal lifer. No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs...that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier1. The Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing ; but in every thing, by prayer and supplication,... | |
 | 1819 - 576 pages
...CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD. " No man that warreth," (and the life of a Missionary is a life of warfare,) " entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ;...him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." 2 Tim. ii. 8, 4. 6. PATIENCE. The Christian Missionary has ofteh to wait a long time before he sees the success... | |
 | 1819 - 594 pages
...CONTEMPT OF THE WORLD. " No man that warreth," (and the life of a Missionary is a life of warfare,) " entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ; that he may please him wjio hath chosen him to be a soldier." 2 Tim. ii. 3, 4. 6. PATIENCE. The Christian Missionary has often... | |
 | Alexander Shanks - 1820 - 442 pages
...ministers of Christ. Hear the above writer speak the important sentiment in his directions to Timothy. "Thou therefore, endure hardness as a good soldier...please him "who hath chosen him to be a soldier." A load of affluence and grandeur is a distressful weight unto them that are at war with the powers... | |
 | 1820 - 562 pages
...apostle greatly agitated his mind. 2 Timothy ii. 4: No man that warreth, entangleth himself with tlu affairs of this life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. His mind, however, was relieved, when he reflected, that the apostle Paul himself, when with a people... | |
| |
No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. 
