...sinners," 1 Tim. i. 15. MAY 4. — Seekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not. — Jer. xlv. 5. The glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of martyrs, all the members of the church of Christ in all ages, were called to deny...

...through Jesus Christ, the sanctification of the elect through the Holy Ghost, the ministry of Angels, the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, the noble army of Martyrs ? " This is surely a still more glorious assemblage of means than that employed...

...tongues. To give them life again. <Scekest thou great things for thyself? Seek them not.... Jer. xlv. 5. THE glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of martyrs, every member of the church of Christ in every age, were called to deny and...

...lived, and gave your hearts and consciences no room to reproach yon. Then you will triumph for ever with the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, and the noble army of Martyrs, and all the saints and servants of God. And Oh ! what heart can conceive, what tongue can express the...

...we see the constant succession of bishops and the ministers of religion in their several stations, the glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of martyrs, who with the most cheerful and composed minds have gone to heaven through...

...are delivered from that which is the plague of the wise — I mean, Custom. Here are found, also, " the glorious company of the Apostles, the goodly fellowship of the Prophets, and the noble army of Martyrs." There Christ himself was found — the man of sorrows ! This is the way to his table, and to his friends...

...therein; with cherubin and seraphin, and all the blessed inhabitants of those everlasting mansions ; with the glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble army of martyrs, all the company of heaven, and the holy church throughout all the world,...

...resignation and humble submission to the will of GOD. We there see men of all ranks and conditions, " the glorious company of the apostles, the " goodly fellowship of the prophets, the noble " army of martyrs," struggling with suffering under every shape; but, supported by faith,...

...received of the Lord Jesus, and preached the Gospel to the Heathen world. Through patience, in a word, the glorious company of the apostles, the goodly fellowship of the prophets, and the noble army of martyrs and confessors, fought the good fight, finished their course, and kept the faith, neither allured nor...

...on the term by the fathers, in order to conceive the full force of that passage in the Te Detim ; " The glorious company of the Apostles • — the goodly fellowship of the Prophets —praise thee." Indeed, we conceive the term Apastles also to be there used with a «imilar extension...