 | Thom Scott - 1823 - 586 sivua
...them. In general, however, though the conflict was sharp, I was enabled to be faithful. The words, " Necessity is laid " upon me ; yea, wo is me if I preach not the " gospel," were commonly upon my mind when I penned my sermons, and when I entered the pulpit ; and... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1825 - 190 sivua
...the whole Scripture, which referred to this argument. I was greatly impressed by 1 Cor. ix. 16. "For necessity is laid upon me : yea, wo is me, if I preach not the Gospel." Nor was I less struck with Colossians. iv. 1 7. " Say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry... | |
 | 1825 - 502 sivua
...accordance with it, he deemed the sole object worth living for. He felt as the Apostle felt, when he said, ' Necessity is laid upon me — ,yea, wo is me if I preach not the gospel.' And when, on commencing his last adventurous voyage, in the sixty-second year of his age,... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1826 - 424 sivua
...the whole Scripture, which referred to this argument. I was greatly impressed by 1 Cor. ix. 16. " For necessity is laid upon me : yea, wo is me, if I preach not the gospel."1 Nor was I less struck with Colossians iv. 17. " Say to Archippus, Take heed to the ministry... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1833 - 686 sivua
...producing " St. Paul's case as a preacher. ' Though I preach the Gospel I have nothing to glory of; for necessity is laid upon me, yea, wo is me if I preach not the Gospel,' 1 Cor. ix, 16. Yet he preached the Gospel freely, &c ; necessity, therefore, and freedom,... | |
 | 1839 - 656 sivua
...me not to preach the gospel but to administer sacraments.' The true language of an apostle is, — " A necessity is laid upon me, yea, wo is me, if I preach not the gospel." We have spoken of the sacred office as the chief instrument of glorifying God. And here is its chief dignity.... | |
 | 1839 - 920 sivua
...that they should leave the word of God and serve tables. Paul, with his characteristic energy, said, "necessity is laid upon me ; yea, wo is me if I preach not the gospel." And again : " I am a debtor both to the Greek and the barbarian, both to the wise and the... | |
 | American education society - 1839 - 496 sivua
...that they should leave the word of God and serve tables. Paul, with his characteristic energy, said, "necessity is laid upon me; yea, wo is me if I preach not the gospel." And again : " I am a debtor both to the Greek and the barbarian, both to the wise and the... | |
 | 1840 - 902 sivua
...ministry— could sympathize with Paul— as many cannot— in the deep meaning of that declaration—" Necessity is laid upon me ; yea, wo is me, if I preach not the Gospel !" О if this were the general feeling, if such were the common sense of the glory of the Gospel... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - 1842 - 564 sivua
...((divine oracles. We know that St. Paul said, — • " If I do this willingly, I have a reward ; but if against my will, a dispensation of the Gospel is...that he put no veil over his face, that he used great plain, . / ness of speech. We know that now his preaching consists of a plain statement of actual facts,... | |
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A necessity is laid upon me, yea, wo is me, if I preach not the Gospel. 
