 They cannot mean that," answered Mr. Mertonn, " for our Lord has also told us to let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father Which is in Heaven...  A companion to the altar - Page 18by William Vickers (of Sherborne lane, London.) - 1830Full view - About this book
 | William Bates - Salvation - 1831 - 382 pages
...must adhere, not only to necessary duties, but to our natural and civil actions. Our light must so " shine before men, that they may see our good works,...glorify our Father which is in heaven," Matt. v. 16. "Whether we eat or drink, or whatsoever we do," all must be done, in a regular and due proportion,... | |
 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 542 pages
...endeavour to stem the torrent of impiety and immorality even in the worst of times, and " let our light so shine before men, that they " may see our good works, and glorify our " Father which is in heaven." These are lessons of general importance. More special instruction might hence also be given to those... | |
 | Abraham Tucker - Philosophy - 1831 - 446 pages
...we make our virtue austere, painful and uninviting ; we do not let our light so shine before men as that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. If we place our dependence upon the externals of religion, thinking them acceptable to him, for their... | |
 | Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1831 - 156 pages
...deprive ourselves of the honour attached to our profession, by letting our light shine before men, so that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. There is, indeed, a needless scrupulosity, which ought to be avoided with great care ; because the... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...conversation becoming the gospel of Christ. May we stand complete m all the will of God ; and may our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven. May we long to serve our generation according to thy will ; may wisdom select and... | |
 | Marcus Dods - Incarnation - 1831 - 594 pages
...Christianity, in such a manner as to allure others to cultivate them, — to make " our light so to shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father who is in heaven." We are soldiers of the Lord Jesus Christ ; and as a soldier considers any expression... | |
 | Manual - 1832 - 336 pages
...soul. It is in this sense, and not to encourage ostentation, that we are required to " let our light shine before men, that they may see our good works,...glorify our Father which is in heaven." (Matt, v. 16.) 254. Let us, at the same time, be mindful that we deserve not the rebuke which the Pharisees constantly... | |
 | 1832 - 508 pages
...and ' waits for our halting,' in order to rejoice over it. We should, therefore, " let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven." ' 288 UN THE UNFULFILLED PROPHECIES OF SCRIPTURE. No. XIX. HAVING expressed, in our last essay, our... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - Sermons - 1832 - 416 pages
...it afford no visible proof of its existence ? And are we not expressly enjoined to "let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in Heaven'? If it be our duty to exhibit our faith to men, how is this to be done but by some external indication... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 684 pages
...fringe : let us wear it : let us not be ashamed of it, but rather endeavour to " make our light to shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven." Of course, I must not be understood to recommend any thing like ostentation : that is hateful both... | |
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