 | William Gilpin - 1805 - 450 Seiten
...therefore in this light j and manfully ftrive againft them, •whatever they are ; nay, the apoftle James bids us count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations : but that is, on a fuppofition we overcome them ; becaufe, as he goes on to tell us, thefe are trials... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1806 - 446 Seiten
...therefore in this light; and manfully ftrive againft them, whatever they are; nay, the apoftle James bids us count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations: but that is, on a fuppofition we overcome them; becaufe, as he goes on to tell us, thefe are trials... | |
 | Carl Heinrich von Bogatzky - 1828 - 436 Seiten
...in themselves, but are attended with good fruit and blessed effects in the faithful. Hence St. James bids us count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations. What reason have we then to be afraid of temptations, since every one carries a new blessing along... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1810 - 448 Seiten
...therefore in this light ; and manfully ftrive againft them, whatever they are ; nay, the apoftle James bids us count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations : but that is, on a fuppofition we overcome them ; becaufe, as he goes on to tell us, thefe are trials... | |
 | Robert South - 1823 - 568 Seiten
...when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, were cast in the fire. In St. James, chap. i. 2, the Spirit bids us count it all joy, when we fall into divers temptations. By temptations is meant the miseries and tribulations of the world. These things are so far from being... | |
 | James Bassnett Mills - 1831 - 434 Seiten
...still less can we infer from it, that we ought not to prayto be delivered from adversity. St. James bids us " count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations, knowing this, that the trying of our faith worketh patience, "J and yet our Saviour admonishes us to... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 Seiten
...Scripture signify attempts to draw into sin. God is said to tempt Abraham; and we read that we are to count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations ; and that if needs be we are in heaviness through manifold temptations. Here, and in many other places, the word... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 604 Seiten
...from the consideration that Christ's strength would thereby be displayed and glorified d. St. James bids us " count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations :" and gives it as his deliberate judgment, " We count them happy that endure0." St. Peter, as this whole... | |
 | Joseph Bingham - 1834 - 640 Seiten
...fruit of righteousness to them that are exercised thereby," Heb. xii. U. In which respect one Apostle bids us, " Count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations, knowing this, that the trial of our faith worketh patience. Only let patience have her perfect work,... | |
 | Robert South - 1842 - 700 Seiten
...when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, were cast in the fire. In St. James, chap. i. 2, the Spirit bids us count it all joy, when we fall into divers temptations. By temptations is meant the miseries and tribulations of the world. These things are so far from being... | |
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Temptations are not indeed joyous in themselves, but are attended with good fruit and blessed effects in the faithful. Hence St. James bids us count it all joy when we fall into divers temptations. 
