...flattering words, "as ye know, nor a cloak of covelousnesH, God is witness ; nor seeking glory of men ; but we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth...we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the got pel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ye are witnesses, and God...

...the example of the apostles, were equally desirous to imitate him in the use of it.) He then adds, " So being affectionately desirous of you, " we were...imparted unto you, not the " Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because " ye were dear unto us." No comment can do justice to the spirit of this...

...in your service ; if you could believe us when we say, (I trust truly,) that we are ready to impart unto you, not the Gospel of God only, but our own souls also, because you are dear to us*, and we long for your salvation ; then you would think more favourably of us. But,...

...breast, and feeds them with her milk, the quintessence of her own blood ; " so," saith St. Paul, " being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you the sincere milk of the word, even the gospel of God, the most precious thing we had to communicate...

...children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. I Thess. ii. 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. Ver. 8. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing to have imparted unto you, not the...

...nourish ; and would to God that I was as good a wet nurse as Paul was in his days, when he said, " But we were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children." The way that Satan made his next attempt on Prodigalis was as follows : the poor man expected, that...

...even as a nurse cJurhfieth her children : so, being affectionately desirous of you, we were willmg to have imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but our own satils, became ye were dear unto its. So also he !is of his bowels of love, Phil. i. 8. Phikm. 5, 12,...

...children. 1 Thess. ii. 7. But we were gentle among you, even as a rrurse cherisheth her children. Ver. 8. So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were...imparted unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us. Ver. 11. As ve know how we exhorted, and comforted,...

...Christ, to the conversion of many of whom he had been directly instrumental, he seems to ,be all love. "So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were...imparted unto you, not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us — But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short...

...We preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake." " Being affectionately desirous of you, we were willing...imparted unto you, not the Gospel of God only, but also our own souls, because ye were dear unto us." " Who shall dwell in thy holy hill ? — he that...