| John Farrer - 1801 - 394 pagina’s
...whom they profess to believe; who was patient and unwearied in fulfilling all righteousness, whose meat was to do the will of him that sent him and to finish his work d. And now- that he has accomplished that important work for which he came into the world, in " John... | |
| James Thomson (minister at Quarrelwood.) - 1808 - 592 pagina’s
...submitted to them, in a cordial compliance with the will of his Father. To do so was indeed his delight. His meat was to do the will of him that sent him and to finish his work. There were striking vicissitudes in his trials and sufferings. He did not at all times feel the cup... | |
| 1808 - 702 pagina’s
...never departed from it. He fulfilled all righteousness, and it was to him as his meat and diink to do the will of Him that sent him, and to finish his work. He al?o submitted cheerfully to every humiliation appointed for,him. He endured poverty with perfect contentment,... | |
| Theophilus Lindsey - 1810 - 550 pagina’s
...very naturally, but without the least approach to ostentation, said of himself; (John iv. 34.) that "his meat was to do the will of him that sent him, and to finish his work." His life and all his powers were devoted to save mankind ; to deliver them from the miseries of a worldly... | |
| James Morison - 1810 - 292 pagina’s
...Moses, as the source of divine GOODNESS ; and when Jesus of Nazareth appeared, his ' meat and drink was to do the * WILL of him that sent him, and to finis i his work. Our blessed » Lord, the Father's righteous servant, the angel, his presence, came... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pagina’s
...who were invited ; and thus it is now, Christ our priest delighted in the redemption of our souls ; his meat was to do the will of him that sent him, and to finish his work. The royal priesthood, as Peter calls us, and all who are invited and effectually called to the heavenly... | |
| Gardiner Spring - 1813 - 244 pagina’s
...in being devoted to the service of a being whom he supremely loves. It is his meat and his drink to do the will of Him that sent him, and to finish His work. It is with heartfelt pleasure, that he consecrates his time, bis talents, and his privileges, to the... | |
| J S. Pipe - 1813 - 646 pagina’s
...this our blessed Redeemer has shewn us n most perfect example : he came not to do his own will, but the will of him that sent him, and to finish his work ; and when his last suffering scene drew near, before he was received up, he said to his Father, "... | |
| 1843 - 636 pagina’s
...after the fatigues of the day ; and Ahab glad to be relieved, retires to eat and to drink. But Elijah's "meat was to do the will of Him that sent him, and to FINISH his work. " He then went to the top of the mountain, and cast himself down upon the earth, with his face between his... | |
| William Huntington - 1815 - 750 pagina’s
...nor is he sent to such ; but to another sort of people, whom he must visit and save ; for he came to do the will of him that sent him, and to finish his work, which is as follows : " He hath sent me to preach good tidings to the meek," who are debased, humbled... | |
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