 | Henry Scougal - 1831 - 282 pagina’s
...this 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. I could pine and macerate my body, and undergo many hardships and troubles; but I cannot get all my... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 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. THE more any person enjoys of Christ, the more ardent will be his desires after him, and the more enlarged... | |
 | 1832 - 508 pagina’s
...his life for us, that many waters could not quench his love, neither could the floods drown it, that if a man would give all the substance of his house for this love, it would utterly be contemned? What think you of Christ's promises? that they are exceeding... | |
 | John Kershaw Craig - 1833 - 232 pagina’s
...the coming of our Lord. But if a man would desire to have it, hear what the wisest of men has said of it; " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." Hear what he says of its strong and ardent exercise ; " The coals thereof are as coals of fire, which... | |
 | 1831 - 500 pagina’s
...Christian affection is a sacred flame " which many waters cannot quench, neither can the floods drown : and if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. — Every one that loveth him that begat, loveth him also that is begotten of him." To be continued,... | |
 | Johannes Herr - 1834 - 410 pagina’s
...grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire which hath a most violent 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. Solomon's Song 8. 25. Hearken, therefore, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear: forget aU... | |
 | 1834 - 428 pagina’s
...suitable return can be made for love but love, at least not without it. As love cannot be purchased, for " if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned," Cant. viii. 7. ; so if a man would give all the world for a requital of love, without love it would... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1834 - 686 pagina’s
...gratification. Love is not a feeling which springs from such considerations. It is not mercenary. " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." Love, which deserves the name — which is not diverse in kind from the Christian's love of God, implies... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1835 - 358 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 ! " 9 7. "So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife, loveth himself.... | |
 | George Montagu (6th duke of Manchester.), George Montagu Duke of Manchester - 1835 - 582 pagina’s
...influences more thoroughly than love ; " love is as strong as death," ..." many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it. If a man would...all the substance of his house for love, it would .nt. Yin.?. utterly be contemned." This was Christ's principle; his heart was set upon righteousness.... | |
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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... 
