 | 1804 - 498 Seiten
...to perform this duty as a mere ceremony, without any life, do also make their piety look doubtful. " God is a Spirit, and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth." 3. Those subordinate members of a family, who do not seem to set their hearts to attend... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - 1801 - 366 Seiten
...his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life. God is a spirit and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." And his disciples after his resurrection,, who established all the primitive churches,... | |
 | David Savile - 1807 - 426 Seiten
...searches the heart ; and unless we present from the heart an oblation of love, it cannot be accepted. He is ' a Spirit, and they who * worship him, must worship him in spirit * and in truth.' The man who pays a due regard to the divine law, is not a slave who reluctantly labours... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1809 - 414 Seiten
...he is to be worshipped ? Read Christ's discourse with the woman of Samaria. There you learn, that " God is a Spirit ; and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth." And they who thus worship him, are accepted, in whatever place their devotions are offered.... | |
 | John Bayly Sommers Carwithen - 1810 - 384 Seiten
...Jew;"* evangelical morality dictates the less accommodating, but more philosophical aphorism, that " God is a spirit, and they who " worship him, must worship him in spirit and " in truth." Although Prophecy contemplating, from the Christian Pisgah that delightful harmony,... | |
 | John Bayley Sommers Carwithen - 1810 - 352 Seiten
...Jew;"* evangelical morality difitates the less accommodating, but morq philosophical aphorism, that " God is a spirit, and they who " worship him, must worship him in spirit and " in truth." Although Prophecy contemplating, from the Christian Pisgah that delightful harmony,... | |
 | John Wesley - 1811 - 468 Seiten
...first, than to shew that outward Religion is nothing worth, without the Religion of the heart: that God " is a Spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth." That therefore external worship is lost labour, without a heart devoted to God : that... | |
 | Edward Everett - 1814 - 522 Seiten
...it shall not he gratified. I grant that though it was the doctrine of the primitive Christians, that God is a spirit, and they who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth, they agree with those who worship him by gross, sensual, and inflammatory bodily exercises... | |
 | William Brown (M.D.) - 1816 - 542 Seiten
...necessary, according to the nature and fitness of things, than these words of Divine revelation. " God is a Spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth." The Heathen, by the light of nature, know there is a God, but being ignorant of his... | |
 | Daniel Tyerman - 1818 - 548 Seiten
...comprehensive are such laws as these : — " Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart :" — " God is a Spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth:"—" Pray without ceasing:" — " Sing with melody in your hearts to the Lord :" —... | |
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God is a spirit, and they who worship him, must worship him in spirit and in truth. 
