 | Thomas Scott - Sermons, English - 1825 - 632 pages
...resolves to seek " a king" dom that cannot be moved." He feels the force of our Lord's questions, " What is a man profited, " if he gain the whole world, and lose his own " soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for " his soul t" He does not, however,... | |
 | Hugh McNeile - Sermons, English - 1825 - 472 pages
...gratification; than the Christian man is in considering and planning and acting for eternity. But hear! " What is a man profited if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" The ultimate object which the Christian has in view is far superior to that of... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 972 pages
...whosoever will lose his life for my sake, shall 6nd it ;" that is, he shall find eternal life. " For (U) Ver. 1 — 19. John sends tu-o disciples to vitit lose bit own (life, or his) soul ; or what shall a man give in exchange for either ? It is only, we... | |
 | Thomas Mortimer - Sermons, English - 1826 - 356 pages
...THE GLORIOUS OBJECT OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTER'S AMBITION. Is it the accumulation of wealth ? Alas ! what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul, through having neglected to warn those committed to his care? Is it the applause... | |
 | John Scott - Sermons, English - 1826 - 490 pages
...ie yourselves ; and that it should be so rendered here is evident, because St. Luke so expounds it, What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away ? Luke ix. 25. And indeed the soul, being the principal part of a man,... | |
 | Cotton Mather - Christian life - 1826 - 158 pages
...as the following. Psalm cxi. 10. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Matthew xvi. 26. What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, •and lose his own soul ? 1 Timothy i. 15. Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am... | |
 | Tracts - 1834 - 344 pages
...estimate of the value of the soul, the whole world is no measure of it in the judgment of our Lord. ' For what is a man profited if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? ' Nor less is its value in the sight of the Creator. To form the human soul, to... | |
 | Samuel Horsley - Bible - 1827 - 596 pages
...whosoever will save his life shall lose it,"—shall lose that life •which alone is worth his care: "for what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul; or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?" For there will come a day of... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1826 - 482 pages
...morning to the Backsliders, from How shall I give thee up, Ephraim ? At one, to the unawakened, from What is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? In the evening I preached to a far larger congregation, on the Connaught side of... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1828 - 522 pages
...insignificancy, and fade as a withering flower, when compared with eternal happiness or misery : " For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ?" The soul of man, bearing the natural image of God in its noble powers and faculties,... | |
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