 | Jeremiah Seed - Sermons, English - 1750 - 336 pages
...virtuous and pious as poflible. Accordingly we are commanded to grow in Grace, to go on to Perfection, to be perfect, even as our Father which is in Heaven is perfeSl; to be holy, as tie is holy-, merciful, as He is merciful. The Degrees indeed of thefe Perfections... | |
 | James Hervey - Justification - 1755 - 452 pages
...knows no Stain ; and an Humility of Mind, that is free from all Elatement. In a Word ; it requires Us to be perfect, even as our FATHER which is in Heaven is perfctt *. * Matt. v. 48. DO Do any of your Actions come up to this exalted Standard ? Are any of your... | |
 | Edward Goldney - Conversion - 1760 - 192 pages
...they now are! We mould then live heaven-like. For this caufe, the blefled Jefus has commanded us, " to be perfect even as our " Father which is in heaven is perfect." Matt. v. 48. That is, we ought to endeavour, to the very utmoft of our power, to make all the chriftian... | |
 | Jeremiah Seed - 1770 - 546 pages
...virtuous and pious as poffible. Accordingly we are commanded to grow in Grace, to go on to Perfection, to be perfect, even as our Father which is in Heaven is perfect ; to be holy, as He is holy ; merciful, as He is merciful. The Degrees indeed of thefe Perfections... | |
 | Thomas Bowman - 1790 - 260 pages
...all filthinefs of the flefh and Spirit, perfefting holinefs in the fear of God." II. Cor. vii. i. — to be " perfect even as our Father which is in heaven is perfeft." Matt. v. 48. That is, to ufe the help the Holy Ghoft gives, in order to acquire the Chriftian... | |
 | George Isaac Huntingford - Sermons, English - 1795 - 362 pages
...example, which can be known to us, is an indifpenfable duty fuggefted by reafon ; and that we fhould be perfect " even as our Father which is in ** Heaven is perfect",'' is the exprefs 16 St. Matth. v. 48. Disc, command of Revelation. Every repetition of prayer, made with... | |
 | Gardening - 1850 - 376 pages
...neglect even their common daily comforts, if they looked steadily up to the Father of us all, and strove to be " perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect." They would not then be so likely to take a heavy rent from their poor tenant, and leave him with a... | |
 | 1807 - 508 pages
...worldly-minded, who, admitting the necessity of imperfection, make no stand against it. " We are told to ' be perfect, even as our Father which is in Heaven, is perfect ;'J life is to be a constant labour to attain it; »nd if we use our unceasing and earnest endeavours,... | |
 | Samuel Carr - Sermons, English - 1801 - 390 pages
...in one word, to be patterns and examples of righteousness, sobriety and godliness, and to endeavour to be perfect, even as our Father, which is in heaven, is. perfect. Such are the practical duties taught and enjoined by the Christian religion ; which contain alt the... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1803 - 666 pages
...that is the author of this calling, is holy, so are we to be Holy in all manner of conversation^, and to be perfect, even as our Father which is in heaven is perfect**. Here will therefore be room for improvement, not only during our continuance in the present life, but... | |
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perfect even as our Father which is in Heaven is perfect. 
