Ministers: Compared to Earthen Vessels
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2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.
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How to Read the Bible
... Scripture there is in modern sermons compared with the ... I would to God that we ministers
kept more ... have the heavenly treasure which exists in earthen vessels. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 25 1879/how to read the bible.htm

Psalm CIV.
... "And flaming fire His ministers." For unless ... so great that they may be compared to
mountains ... Paul, "this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/exposition on the book of psalms/psalm civ.htm

Satan Considering the Saints
... thereof) none can take from thee: compared with which ... I was broken; these are earthen
vessels, but I ... devil greatly delights in some ministers, whose tendency ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 11 1865/satan considering the saints.htm

Of the True Church. Duty of Cultivating Unity with Her, as the ...
... us that the treasure offered to us in earthen vessels is of ... one who listens with
docility to the ministers whom God ... Let them hear it compared to a field which ...
/.../calvin/the institutes of the christian religion/chapter 1 of the true.htm

The Necessity and Effect of Union.
... God has put the Gospel treasure in earthen vessels. ... have never conferred together,
and compared their views ... When ministers shall lay aside their prejudices, and ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture xvi the necessity and.htm

Of the Necessity of Divine Influences to Produce Regeneration in ...
... of the gospel lodged in earthen vessels, that the ... word may seem but feeble, when
compared to such ... most edifying example of parents, ministers, and companions ...
/.../practical discourses on regeneration/discourse vii of the necessity.htm

Book iii.
... writes, "We have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the ... over the memoirs of his
faithful ministers and come ... and you are condemned when compared with the ...
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Solomon's Temple Spiritualized
... house of the Lord, and for all the vessels of service ... other as to this, live like,
or be compared to them. ... office; for, as I said before of ministers in general ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/solomons temple spiritualized.htm

Abraham, his Trial in Egypt; his Humility
... not by witchcraft, [139]322; were ministers of reconciliation ... a present hell,
[401]ib.; compared to leaven ... Earthen Vessels, term declares our frailty, [517]320 ...
/.../abraham his trial in egypt.htm

Homilies on the Statues.
... righteous, [581]396; of brutes and men compared, [582]416 ... parts of, [653]407; becomes
an earthen vessel, [654 ... distress to be sought from God's ministers, [836]445 ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/chrysostom/on the priesthood/homilies on the statues.htm

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