| Alden Bradford - Bible - 1813 - 544 pages
...he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.* 36 And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled 37 down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell «n Paul's neck, and 38 kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - Dissenters, Religious - 1815 - 644 pages
...the head of them: and consequently was one of those, of whom it is said: " And they all wept soi'e, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him : sorrowing...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. And they accompanied him to the ship," Acts xx. 37, 38. Of this Paul takes notice in the most... | |
| Richard Stack - Bible - 1815 - 328 pages
...Blessed are the merciful ; for they shall ohtain mercy." ,. After St. Paul had finished his address, " he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they...wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him." How solemn, affecting, and tender, is this farewell ! It is not possible even for. the nearest relatives... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...even into a resolute mind; and would have totally overwhelmed the feeble.— " They all wept sore, aud fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him; sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they should see his face no more." — What were then the sentiments, •what was the language,... | |
| Richard Warner - 1816 - 422 pages
...the sacred historian in these simple and beautiful terms. " And " they all wept sore, and fell upon Paul's " neck, and kissed him ; sorrowing most of...which he spake, that " they should see his face no more." The kind and affectionate feelings which had been thus manifested, both by the apostle and his... | |
| Joshua Marsden - Bermuda Islands - 1816 - 324 pages
...reminded me of St. Paul's departure from the church of Ephesus, "and they all wept sore, and fell upon St. Paul's neck and kissed him, sorrowing most of all...words which he spake, that they should see his face HO more; and they accompanied him to the ship." An Epiitle written to Doctor Coke. Greatly was ray... | |
| Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...have conveyed dejection even into a resolute mind ; and would have totally overwhelmed the feeble. " They all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed...him ; sorrowing most of all for the words which he spoke, that they should see his face no more." What were then the sentiments, what was the language,... | |
| Richard Warner - 1817 - 28 pages
...•which he closed his discourse-?— the effect which this parting produced on his Ephesi an flock; " they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and " kissed him ;" — and the cause, described in so artless but touching a manner, that chiefly excited the grief... | |
| Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1818 - 428 pages
...might have conveyed dejection even to a resolute mind ; and would have totally overwhelmed the feeble. They all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed...words which he spake, that they should see his face no more. What were then the sentiments, what was the language of this great and good man '<! Hear the... | |
| William Barlass, Peter Wilson - Sermons, English - 1818 - 688 pages
...its most formidable shapes. Most interesting was that scene when Paul parted from the Ephesians: " He kneeled down, and prayed with them all, and they all wept sore, and fell on his neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see... | |
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