 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.  A View of the Evidences of Christianity - Page 176by William Paley - 1803 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 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...have no reward of " your Father which is in heaven. Therefore, f' when thou doft thine alms, do not found a '» trumpet " trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites... | |
 | Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...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 men, to...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, as the hypocrites... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,...have no reward of your father, which ** is in heaven : therefore, when thou doell thine " alms, do not found a trumpet before thee, as the " hypocrites... | |
 | 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...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 the hypocrites do,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1801 - 592 pages
...IV, A IV. A fourth quality by which the morality of the gofpel is diiftinguifhed, is the exclufion of regard to fame and reputation. " Take heed that ye do not yow alms before mert, to be feen of them : other wife ye have no reward of your Father which is in... | |
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