 | Francis Goode - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 500
...poor, wretched doings of miserable men. No : the dream of such a thing is abomination in his sight. " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." (Cant.viii. 7.) But, to give it freely, to do it of pure grace and favour, to forgive a poor, dying... | |
 | 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 638
...bestowment of his grace, Is free. Creature works, if good, could not purchase, nor merit procure it ; " for if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned." The love of God is manifest in the gift of his dear Son ; and its freeness is... | |
 | 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 1060
...hard, j- cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. le way ; the way of picture, or representation. Bp....is gone out into all the earth, and their report, 8 1f We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when... | |
 | John Owen - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 616
...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... | |
 | John Newton - 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...Remember that " God is a Spirit," (John iv. Ii4,) and unless you love him, you cannot possibly please 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... | |
 | 1839 - عدد الصفحات: 790
...forgiven. " Yes, Margaret, it ; • love ' and what a beautiful thing it is. ' Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it ; if a man would give all the subsuuce of hU huuse for love, it would utterly be contemned.' " " How beautiful !" cried Margaret,... | |
 | Mary Ann Kelty - 1840 - عدد الصفحات: 504
...God is no natural feeling ; assuredly it is not born with us; neither is it a thing to be acquired, " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned," (Sol. Song, viii. 7.) Love, in short, is a living thing — " God is love" — and God is life— eternal... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 390
...they considered heroism beyond my years ; but what heroism is like love ? " Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would...his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." When my brother departed for Ireland we left that sweet cottage and went to reside in the village,... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Publication - 1841 - عدد الصفحات: 212
...understanding. By this property of it, it is elegantly described by the Spirit of God, Cant. viii. 7, " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." It cannot be bought with money, or money-worth, cannot be purchased with gifts or arts; and if any... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth - 1842 - عدد الصفحات: 314
...they considered heroism beyond my years; but what heroism is like love '( " Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it; if a man would...his house for love, it would utterly be contemned." ' . • .. . When my brother departed for Ireland we left that sweet cottage and went to reside in... | |
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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... 
