...when "at midnight they prayed, and sang praises to God" (Acts xvi. 25). So did the Apostles, when they "departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...counted worthy to suffer shame for His name" (Acts v. 4). Oh, the precious fruits of grace! Make our souls, O Lord, to know more of them, and of " the fountain...

...of the Man, Christ, the most despised of all men. This is what the apostles did, Acts v. " And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to surfer shame for his name." So also it is said, Psalm xvii. that the enemies of Christ shall " lick...

...punishments for preaching the gospel, by the highest ecclesiastical judicatory, they departed from the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for the name of Christ. Yea, they took the spoiling of their goods joyfully. They always rejoiced in God,...

...life.—Then Peter and the oiher apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.—And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. 18. Q. What if any difference should arise in the commonwealth, of which I am a member, between the...

...beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name ; and daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. §...

...bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, do.v. 41 : They departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. do. xiii. 52 : The disciples were filled with joy a,nd with the Holy Ghost. ITn&s. iv. 17, 18 : Then...

...grace is sufficient for thee," it was enough. "Therefore," says Paul, " I take pleasure in (sinless) infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions,...ancient Christians had., Under the solace afforded by the Gospel, the Christian may say with holy boldness, " Although the fig-tree «hall not Ыомош,...

...grace is sufficient for thee," it was enough. "Therefore," says Paul, " I take pleasure in (sinless) infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions,...ancient Christians had. Under the solace afforded by the Gospel, the Christian may say with holy boldness, " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom,...

...beaten the Apostles, and commanded them not to preach in the name of Jesus, they let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name. And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and preach Jesus Christ. God...

...standing on the right hand of God, ready to receive his departing spirit, (Acts vii. 55.)—the apostles departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing...were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name, (chap v. 41.) During another season of persecution, it is said, " the disciples were filled with joy...