 | James Bean - 1810 - 344 pagini
...Lord, with many of us the night may lie far spent, and the day nearer than we are aware. Enable us to cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light. May we be always endeavouring to do good, as long as we continue in the world; but let us not take... | |
 | 1810 - 780 pagini
...you to awake out of sleep — to1 rouse yourselves from the torpor of insensibility — to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light ! — It is a lamentable consideration, that the most important truths, when delivered from the pulpit,... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1809 - 712 pagini
...of the Lord cbrne not unto you as a snare." (Rom. xiii.) The Holy Ghost doth* command to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, and he rehearseth unreasonable eating and banqueting and drunkenness among them. He doth appoint no certain... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1822 - 1008 pagini
...assisted in making me fill out three years in this Gaol. I have desired and attempted " to east awny the works of darkness and to put on the armour of light." This is the whole duty of man : and for performing this duty how have 1 been punished ? We, the Anti-Christians,... | |
 | 1822 - 396 pagini
...for now "the night being far spent and the day near at hand," the whole Church hastens "to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light." All Christendom hears the voice — " Prepare ye the Wiiy of the Lord, make straight in the desert... | |
 | John Thornton - 1823 - 196 pagini
...subjects for reflections, new grounds of hope and springs of consolation. Hence the believer is required to " cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the Lord Jesus Christ." In complying with this command he not only promotes his own welfare, but also re*... | |
 | John Edward Nassau Molesworth - 1825 - 478 pagini
...who seriously and sincerely intends to co-operate with the grace of God, for which c 2 he prays ; " to cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light," must not content himself with general resolutions. He must minutely acquaint himself with the nature... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 626 pagini
...: not only new expressions, but new actions. The new creation engageth men to a new course of life, to " cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light, to walk honestly as in the day." What a change doth it make in men.s employments; their backs are now... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pagini
...through the Spirit, do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live 0 ." It is, indeed, high time " to cast off the works of 'darkness, and to put on the armour of lighf." Begin, then, the work of repentance, without delay. Through the assistance of Divine grace,... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1827 - 538 pagini
...three precious talents, generally bestowed upon men, but seldom improved for God. To go no farther than myself, how much time and health have I enjoyed,...husbanding those that remain, to the best advantage. L3 249 I will not trifle and sin away my time in the pleasures of sense, or the impertinencies of business,... | |
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God's pardon, and to make solemn promises and resolutions, for the future, to cast off the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light... 
