...pleasure and joy. Our rejoicing is this, saith St. Paul, the testimony of our consciences, that in all simplicity and godly sincerity we. have had our conversation in the world. But in the course of a vicious life, all acts of impiety, of malice and injustice, of intemperance...

...stones in Aaron's breast-plate, 2 Cor. i. 12. " Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, we have had our conversation in the world." And Job sure was not without it, when he durst with such a confidence appeal to the thoughts that God himself...

...nothing hid,which shall not be uncovered ;" " Our rejoicing is ihn, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, we have had our conversation in the world;" " God loveth a cheerful giver;'1 " All things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we...

...doing the pleasure of the Lord, as it is, " For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, we have had our conversation in the world y." Here I shall find work to heal the broken in heart, who look upon the fruits of their lives with...

...from his holy care and sincere diligence, " This is our rejoicing, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, we have had our conversation in this world." A day of judgment will come, and then foolish virgins, who neglected the season for getting...

...Scripture, the language of the Apostle ! " Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity... .we have had our conversation in the world." How much is the ingenuity of many employed in supplying glosses or interpretations of Scripture, by...

..."Our rejoicing," they might say with St. Paul, '-is this, the testimony of our consciences, that with simplicity and godly sincerity, we have had .our conversation in the world," This was the spirit of a true Missionary. They did not want any man for the work, who expected to rise...

...grace, and they lived up to this principle : Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversation in the world, % Cor. i. 12. So in 1 Thess. ii. 10; Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily, and justly, and unblameably,...

...the Apostle experienced and mentions : for our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversation in the world J. Our Saviour's rule, of knowing every tree by its fruit §, is the only sure way to judge of ourselves,...

...common sense of the word. So the Apostle, " Our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity we have had our conversation in the world : " where it is plain, sincerity refers to our words and actions, at least as much as to our inward...