...is styled exercise, (agonistic and ascetic exercise ; " Exercise thyself to godliness;" and " Herein I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men ;") wrestling, (" our wrestling is not only against flesh and blood, but against principalities and...

...the approbation of God. The apostle when arraigned before the Roman governor, said in his defence, " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward man," and he often appealed to God as a witness of his integrity. This feeling is necessary...

...all seasons ; serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears and temptations0. And herein do I exercise myself, to, have always a conscience void of offence toward God', and toward mand. For I am the least of the Apostles, that am not meet to be called an Apostle ; because...

...not a conscientious respect to it in all things. They do not, with St. Paul, ' exercise themselves, to have always a conscience void of offence, toward God and toward men.' Those were his ascetics, (do-Ki5) ; he exhausted himself in striving against what might defile the...

...denied all that the Jews had charged him with, and affirmed that he had broken no law, added, "And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men," (Acts xxiv. 16.) his behaviour was so exact, that he did not only abstain from doing any man wrong,...

...that mirth is heaviness. - - 338 SERMON LXXXIV. On the Conscience void of Offence. ACTS, xxiv. 16. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men. 352 SERMON LXXXV. On the Ascension of Christ. [Preached in the Evening after the Celebration of the...

...denied all that the Jews had charged him with, and affirmed that he had broken no law, added, " And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men," (Acts xxiv. 16.) his behaviour -was so exact, that he did not only abstain from doing any man wrong,...

...opinion it i was somct'tmrs erroneous, jot we doubt not was fonut-d upon this purely Christian model : " Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men." Having adopted such a standard, so completely at variance with the maxims of the world, it «as not...

...of that mirth is heaviness. - 338 SERMON LXXXIV. On the Conscience void of Offence. icrs, xxiv. 1 6. Herein do I exercise myself, to have always a Conscience void of offence toward God and toward men. 352 SERMON LXXXV. On the Ascension of Christ. [Preached in the Evening after the Celebration of the...

...he, " towards God, that there shall he a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust. And herein do I exercise myself to have always a conscience void of offence toward God and toward men," Acts xxiv. 15. This is the proper work of a true belief, and a full persuasion of a resurrection ;...