| James Ussher - 1660 - 628 pages
...purpose, see what the Spirit of God saith unto the church of Philadelphia : " 1° know thy works : Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it ; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name :" he... | |
| Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 pages
...as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour' (i. Pet. v. 6-8). ' I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it : for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold,... | |
| 310 pages
...liberty wherewith Christ has made them free. Far better to be weak than strong. The Lord Jesus says, " Behold I have set before thee an open door and no man can shut it, for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." Rev.... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth ; and shutteth, and no man openeth ; 8 I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it; for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. 9 Behold,... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1803 - 572 pages
...us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of of error." Rev. iil 8. " I know thy works : Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it : For thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name." Chap.... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...excludeth, forbiddeth and comtnandeth, saveth and destroyeth, whom he pleaseth. III. 8 I know thy works : behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it : for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hatt not denied my name. Behold,... | |
| Robert Hawker - 1810 - 214 pages
...Encouraged by these considerations, I drew near to the house. The door was wide open. Jesus hath said, ' Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut itf.' I found that it opened into a spacious vestibule ; in one of the compartments of which there... | |
| Samuel Davies, Samuel Finley - 1811 - 550 pages
...; and yet in commending her, all he can say is, " Thou hast a little strength." / know thy works ; behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it, for thou hast a little strength. Rev. iii. 8. O how acceptable is a little strength to Jesus... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 460 pages
...make me useful to them, as he had made me useful to many others? To which he gave me this answer, " Behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it," Rev. iik 8. I got up, wiped my eyes, and came away with my countenance no more sad ; having... | |
| 1843 - 752 pages
...his Church is as distinctly uttered by his Providence as though we heard it from the Holy Oracle, " Behold I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it. Go forward !" The Directors of the London Missionary Society are sensible that a weighty responsibility... | |
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