 Church, there is underneath apparent conformity a striking absence of spiritual faith — that faith which is "the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for.  Hints for Lovers - Page 228by Arnold Haultain - 1909 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jesse Kersey - Society of Friends - 1815 - 130 pages
...to embrace the proper object of faith, without which it is impossible to please God. To suchr faith is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for. They are in the true and spiritual sense the children of faithful Abraham, walking by the same rule,... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1822 - 492 pages
...faith, I should only wish the two propositions, of which it consists, reversed, by standing thus : Faith is the evidence of things not seen — the substance of things hoped for. It seems reasonable to suppose, we should first have the evidence, and then consider that evidence... | |
 | John Bunyan, Robert Hawker - 1822 - 620 pages
...but faith enters into the holy of holies. Now, without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for. This is that faith which thou, O Human-reason, hast HO much coatemn«d and vilified. This is the faith... | |
 | George Oliver - Freemasonry - 1823 - 406 pages
...virtues will shew, more distinctly, why charity is so preeminently exalted above the other two. Faith is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for. Charity is the sublimity of faith and hope, and may be denominated a grand and beautiful entablature... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1823 - 546 pages
...temple, but faith enter into the holy of holies* Now without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for. This is that faith which thou, O Human-Reason, hast so much contemned and vilified. This is the faith... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 pages
...temple, but faith enters into the holy of holies. Now without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for. This is that faith which thou, O Human Reason, hast so tauch contemned and vilified. This is the faith... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - Theology - 1832 - 434 pages
...touched his heart. He has revealed Christ Jesus in him the hope of glory, and made his faith to be the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for. Through this faith the elders obtained a good report, and the same faith must possess, and fill, and... | |
 | Pierre Du Moulin - Lord's Supper - 1833 - 310 pages
...Superstition, in all its forms, can be extirpated only by filling the soul abundantly with that " faith which is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for." This being so — and I am persuaded it cannot be successfully contested — then certain popular notions... | |
 | Sermons, English - 1834 - 330 pages
...to embrace the proper object of faith, without which it is impossible to please God. To such, faith is the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for. They are in the true and spiritual sense the children of faithful Abraham, walking by the same rule,... | |
 | Henry Ware - Christianity in literature - 1835 - 160 pages
...liveth, though her arms cannot press it to her aching heart. % They are not free to weigh the value of " the evidence of things not seen, the substance of things hoped for," — of "that pleasing hope, that strong desire, that longing after immortality," which exists, or has... | |
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