| James Catton - 1840 - 164 Seiten
...Corinthian converts " Epistles of Christ'' " ministered by" the apostles, " written not with ink, but with the spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart;" as though the apostles were the spirits amanuenses. There is a ministerial fitness, however, which... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 Seiten
...we are all baptized into one body.— 1 Cor. xii. 3, 4. 7—11. 13. Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ, ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart, &c. But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the... | |
| Francis Close - 1842 - 254 Seiten
...is the peculiar excellence of the Gospel Ministry (ver. 2, 3) : " Ye are our epistle, written .... not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart ! " Divine Lithography ! By preaching, the Gospel is applied with power — men are convinced of sin,... | |
| Edward Thomas Vaughan - 1843 - 572 Seiten
...written by the Spirit of the living God, whilst the apostle was but the hand that put the letters down. " Not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart;" that is, you are not pieces of stone, but your heart, which is of flesh, is the tablet upon which the... | |
| George Bull - 1844 - 256 Seiten
...under his ministry, that it was " the epistle 2 Cor. 3. 3. of Christ, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart :" which last words evidently allude to the difference between the ministration of the law and the... | |
| Joseph Phipps - 1844 - 154 Seiten
...is not an outward code as the law was, but an inward law of life, " written, not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart ;"t and because it makes able ministers, not of the letter, but of the Spirit ; for the letter killeth,... | |
| Mary Fawler Maude - 1845 - 494 Seiten
...epistle written in our hearts, known and read of all men : forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not...tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." PAPER OR PAPYRUS. ISAIAH xix. 7. " The paper reeds by the brooks ... shall wither." 2 JOHN 12. "...I... | |
| Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) - 1845 - 546 Seiten
...the most plain distinction between the Old and New Testament; whence the Apostle also says, 2Cor.3, Not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart: the j'er. 31 Lord in the Prophet saith, Behold the days come, saith the 31- Lord, that I will make a new... | |
| 1871 - 792 Seiten
...descent of God the Holy Ghost on the day of Pentecost, the law of the new dispensation being written " not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." The accompaniments of the one were grand and awful ; the accompaniments of the other were only less grand... | |
| 1846 - 604 Seiten
...are our Epistles," says the Apostle, " known and read of all men." " Ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written, not...of stone, but in fleshy tables of the heart." The doctrines which the Bible reveals, Christians are to exhibit in their lives, and it is only as they... | |
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