 | England - 1882 - 870 pages
...great deliverer's conduct. Notwithstanding quaiut old Herbert's consolation under bad sermons, — "The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacbelh patience," — we cannot withhold our pity from congregations who are called on to illustrate... | |
 | England - 1835 - 866 pages
...The worst .peak something g, od. If all want sense Cud takes a text and preacheth patience. He tl'at gets patience and the blessing which Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains.' This sort of patience was all that Daniel could have derived from the discourses of the poor curate;... | |
 | John Bowdler - Hymns, English - 1821 - 510 pages
...Herbert. THE worst speak something good — If all want sense, GOD takes the text and preacheth patience : He that gets patience, and the blessing which Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains. Serene and master of yourself, prepare For what may come, and leave the rest to Heaven. ON FRIENDSHIP.... | |
 | Thomas Wood - Christianity - 1825 - 440 pages
...couceiv'st him not. God calletb. preaching folly. Do not grude To pick out treasures from an earthern pot. The worst speak something good : if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience. " He that gets patience, and the blessing which Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains. He... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 542 pages
...benefit by him. Divine Herbertf saith — -Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot; The worst speak something good ; if all want sense, God takes a text, aud preacheth patience. But above all, get something out of every chapter you read — dig deep into... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - Christianity - 1826 - 706 pages
...— The worst speak something good : -if all wa«t sense, God takes a text and preacheth patience. He that gets patience, and the blessing which Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains. Remember, you have the ministry, not of angels, but of men, and God has therein consulted your real... | |
 | Theology - 1834 - 410 pages
...conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching, folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthern pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience. Sum up, at night, what thou hast done by day; And, in the morning, what thou hast to do. Dress and... | |
 | 1835 - 444 pages
...4 him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot 5 , The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience. He that gets patience, and the blessing which Preachers conclude with G , hath not lost his pains.... | |
 | Richard Cattermole, Henry Stebbing - Christianity - 1835 - 402 pages
...conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good : if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience. He that gets patience, and the blessing which Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains. He... | |
 | Samuel James Allen - 1835 - 438 pages
...conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text and preacheth patience. He that gets patience, and the blessings which Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains. He... | |
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Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge. If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching, folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and... 
