 | John Brown - 1810 - 722 pagina’s
...cettain of the future blessedness, a* if we already possessed it, Heb.xi. 11. If a man would give a/I the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. Love to Jesus Christ cannot be purchased with worldly wealth ; nor could all the wealth of creation... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 448 pagina’s
...the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot • quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would...his house for love, it would utterly be contemned," chap. viii. 6, 7. While I was under this raging jealousy I often preached from such texts as these;... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pagina’s
...wisdom loves them that love her; and that love is better than a house full of sacrifices ; and that, " if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned :" here is what Paul calls the first fruit of the Spirit ; the next is Joy : " the heart knoweth his... | |
 | William Giles - 1811 - 268 pagina’s
...of life be permitted to counteract the dictates of unbiassed affection ? No ; that be far from us ! If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned. For this there is no equivalent. Better is little vutii the fear of the Lord... | |
 | Edward Dorr Griffin - 1813 - 416 pagina’s
...can it by associating with itself the consideration of advantage. The heart is not so to be bribed. " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned."* It is impossible then that a new disposition should be produced in a natural, (I may add, or even in... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pagina’s
...jealousy is cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the...his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. 8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts : what shall we do for our sister in the day when... | |
 | John Brodhead Romeyn - 1816 - 470 pagina’s
...swallows up every other motive: " Many waters cannot " quench" the " love" which it excites, " nei" ther can the floods drown it ; if a man would " give all...house for love, " it would utterly be contemned'." - , d rv,iKn, See Doddridge's Note on the text. Schleus. Lex, ' Solomon's Songs viii. 7. I pass on... | |
 | 1819 - 948 pagina’s
...thereof are coals of fire, *!nVfc hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love.neither the waters Drought forth abundantly after their kind,...winged fowl after his kind : and God saw that it ;> 8 * We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts : what shall we do for our sister in the day when... | |
 | Henry Scougal - 1822 - 328 pagina’s
...expense would " profit me nothing. This gift of God cannot be "purchased with money;* if a man should give " all the substance of his house for love, it would " utterly be contemned, f I could pine and macerate " my body, and undergo many hardships and trou" bles, but I cannot get... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 634 pagina’s
...place. Remember that " God is a spirit $;" and unless you lore him, you cannot possibly ptease him. If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned. His commandments likewise are spiritual; they extend beyond the surface of the... | |
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown... 
