 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - Grace (Theology) - 1765 - 298 pages
...he holds it in the high«ft deteftation. See the exhortation of our Saviour : " Take heed that you do not your alms ** before men, to be feen of them, otherwife ye " have no xeward of your Father which is la. ' hea" heaven*. I cannot help obferving here, that men of this character... | |
 | Isaac Sigfrid, John Henry Ringier, Daniel Wyttenbach - 1766 - 204 pages
...againft you; contrary wife : If God be againtt you, who can poffibly ' be for you ? Therefore, takf heed that ye do not your Alms before Men, to be feen of them : Otherwife ye haw no Reward of your father which is in Heaven. ; Therefore, when thou doft thy \\rna do not found... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - Apologetics - 1768 - 360 pages
...character. It was for this that our Saviour fo fevsrely reprehended the Pharifees: Matth. vi. 1.2. " Take heed " that ye do not your alms before men, to...them : otherwife ye have no reward of " your Father which is in heaven. Therefore, f' when thou doft thine alms, do not found a '» trumpet " trumpet before... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...houfes, and for a pretence make long prayers ; therefore ye (hall receive the greater damnation. Matth. vi. i . Take heed that ye do not your alms before...them ; otherwife ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven, v. 2. Therefore, when thou doeil thine alms, do not found a trumpet before thce,... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - Sermons, English - 1774 - 340 pages
...their example ; and therefore checks this vanity in thefe remarkable words : " Take heed," fays he, " that ye do not your alms before men, to be feen of them. — — That thou doft not found a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, that they may have glory... | |
 | Stéphanie Félicité comtesse de Genlis - Conduct of life - 1785 - 376 pages
...confidence,' will fhe thank that beneficent Being, who has faid, " Take heed that ye do not your alms be" fore men to be feen of them : otherwife ye have " no reward of your Father who is in heaven." Marianne has not the happinefs or the glory t<> {hatch a multitude of wretches from mifery, to' form... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1788 - 584 pages
...defign was to forbid ft/lent at ion, and all pnblifhing of good works which proceeds from that motive. " Take heed that ye ** do not your alms before men,...them ; " otherwife ye have no reward of your father, which ** is in heaven : therefore, when thou doell thine " alms, do not found a trumpet before thee,... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...fo ? 48 Be ye therefore perfecl, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. CHAP. VI. i AKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be feen...them : otherwife ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore when thou doeft thine alms, do not found ' a trumpet before thee, as... | |
 | William Paley - Ethics - 1793 - 602 pages
...defign was to forbid ojlentation, and all publiming of good works which proceeds from that motive. " Take heed that ye " do not your alms before men, to be feen'of t/iem ; " otherwife ye have no reward of your father, which " is in heaven : therefore when... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1799 - 416 pages
...proportionate, and regular. This every christian may be ; this every christian should be. CHAPTER VI. 1 TAKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them ; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 'Alms.' Liberality to... | |
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Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do, in the synagogues, and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 
