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" 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 18
by William Vickers (of Sherborne lane, London.) - 1830
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Sermons, Volume 1

William Allen (of Peel.) - Sermons, English - 1835 - 426 pages
...in our own practice, the efficacy of faith and the beaut}. of holiness. We should " let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven." Examples are more powerful and persuasive than precepts ; — because, though precepts are, in themselves,...
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The Preacher.., Volumes 1-2

Sermons, English - 1830 - 820 pages
...principles ? — let our zeal and industry in the discharge of them shine with a still brighter light before men, " that they may see our good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven." Have we by God's blessing and by our own care and watchfulness brought one evil...
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Twenty-six Village Sermons

Edward Berens - Sermons, English - 1836 - 442 pages
...any duty, so on the other hand we are expressly commanded by our Lord himself, so to " Let our light shine before " men that they may see our good works, " and glorify ourFather which isinheaven." And surely this promotion of the glory of God is likely to be the result...
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Reason, the Only Oracle of Man, Or, A Compendious System of Natural Religion

Ethan Allen - Natural theology - 1836 - 196 pages
...his more enlightened followers would be ashamed to recommend. We are directed!" to let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify the Father who is in heaven ; but afterwards,** we are Instructed to do our good works in secret, or...
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The cottager's guide to the New Testament, Volume 6

Alexander Robert C. Dallas - 1837 - 502 pages
...gives a powerful impulse to diligence in striving to bring forth more fruit ; and let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works,...glorify our Father which is in Heaven. (Matt. v. 16.) QUESTIONS. What are my afflictions? Have they led me to consider wherefore God contendeth with me ?...
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The cottager's guide to the New Testament, Volume 5

Alexander Robert C. Dallas - 1837 - 414 pages
...told His disciples that they were " the light of the world ;" and exhorted us to '' let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works,...glorify our Father which is in heaven." (Matt. v. 14, 15.) Every christian may be said to be, in some degree, a light in the world ; he becomes such...
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Meditations on the History of Hezekiah

Auguste Louis Philippe Rochat - Hezekiah, king of Judah - 1837 - 284 pages
...reference to our children, more than any other class of persons, the exhortation to " let our light shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven." I have been often grieved to hear parents, well disposed in many respects, come and ask me to give...
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Five Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford

Walter Farquhar Hook - Sermons, English - 1837 - 170 pages
...the very Scriptures which proscribe vain-glory as a motive, command us expressly to let our light so shine before men that they may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in heaven. We are enjoined not only to hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering, but to consider...
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The Friends' Library: Comprising Journals, Doctrinal Treatises, and Other ...

William Evans, Thomas Evans - Quakers - 1837 - 500 pages
...modesty, and temperance, and in that which is of good report. Our heavenly light ought to shine so before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father which is in heaven. 1683. " Such as marry by the priests, or marry by the world, those that are unbelievers, go from God's...
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Sermons on the lessons, the Gospel, or the Epistle, for every Sunday in the ...

Reginald Heber (bp. of Calcutta.) - 1837 - 256 pages
...which we . have received from Him, if we do not let it shine forth in such a manner before men, as that they may see our good works and glorify our Father which is in Heaven ? Surely, surely if we know how to pray, and if God hath given us, in our own persons, a hearty desire...
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