 | N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pages
...being the light of the World* — V. 15. Men do not light a candle and. put it under a bushel, bnt on a candlestick and it giveth light to all that are in the bouse. As if he had said, ye Jews have been appointed, by providence, to be the lights of the . Warid.f... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Religion - 1805 - 566 pages
...world ; a city set " upon an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men " light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but " on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all " that are in the house." True Christians, placed in different families, villages, streets, cities, and VOL. i, *'* nations,... | |
 | Ezekiel Blomfield - Bible - 1809 - 690 pages
...stations is the object of general observation. He added, Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick : and it giveth light to all that are in the house. The knowledge of divine things is given you by inspiration, not to be concealed, but to be imparted... | |
 | James Morison - Bible - 1810 - 292 pages
...earth, are as cities on hill tops. ' No man (says the Lord) having lighted a can' die, puts it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light ' to all that are in the house.' Even the Old Testament church was ' as a lamp before the Lord in Jerusalem.' And thus will the church... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1811 - 468 pages
...world* A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. " Neither do men light a candle and put it under a bushel; but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the house. >. " Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father... | |
 | Nehemiah Nisbett - 1812 - 340 pages
...of the World. Men, says our Lord, do not light -a candle— <xa lamp and put it under a bushel lut on a candlestick and it giveth light to all that are in the house. As if he had said — Ye Jews have been appointed by Proyidence to be the light of the World, upon... | |
 | William Jay - Devotional literature - 1812 - 284 pages
...ELEVATION is necessary to influence. Of -what advantage is a candle wider a bushel ?—but place it in a " candlestick, and it giveth light to all that are in the " house." While the sun is below our earth, all is dark and cold—but when he arises, there is healing under... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1815 - 350 pages
...they should let it shine in the sight of the world. " Men do not light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick ; and it giveth light to all that are in the house." Thus Christians are not to bury their talents in the earth ; they are to bring them into exercise :... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 616 pages
...world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light to all that arc in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify... | |
 | Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1818 - 366 pages
...they should let it shine in the sight of the world. " Men do not light a candle and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick ; and it giveth light to all that are in the house." Thus Christians are not to bury their talents in the earth ; they are to bring them into exercise :... | |
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Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick ; and it giveth light to all that are in the house. 
