 | Robert Manning - Christian life - 1742 - 324 pages
...whilft thou art in perfect Health ^ now, whilft the Sun of Grace and Mercy fhines yet bright upon thee, for the Night cometh, when no Man can work, John ix. 4. 'Tis well, if in our laft Sicknefs we fhall be able to maintain the Ground we got whilft we were in... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1770 - 512 pages
...time provoked him to the greateft diligence, John ix. 4, " I mult work the work of him that " fent me, while it is day, for the night cometh when no man " can work," Fourthly, That he improveded all opportunities, companies, and occurrences to further the great... | |
 | John Clayton - Christian life - 1789 - 134 pages
...falvation — that now is the accepted time; and, therefore', it is an advice of the higheft moment, to work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work — a duty which, with peculi ar energy, St. Paul urgeth, when he fays, " Work out your falvation... | |
 | Address - Christian life - 1796 - 432 pages
...own. In order to avoid it, let us, conformably to the injunction of our divine inftructor, be careful to work while it is day, for the night cometh, when no man can work: let us feriouffy contemplate that gloomy night, and duly prepare ourfelves for that morning to... | |
 | Henry Owen - Sermons - 1797 - 420 pages
...falvation. It concerns us to work it out in the way he has {hewn. It concerns us to work it out fpeedily, " while it is day; for the night cometh, " when no man can work." » But, to convince you the more fully of this truth, and to urge you to a fuitable conduct,... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1801 - 442 pages
...which will flourish in Millennial days. The removal of your predecessors and fellow labourers calls you to work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work.' Within a few weeks past, as you know, the Rev. Dr. Welch, who was, for many years, a faithful... | |
 | 1842
...change whenever it shall come, to live daily under the influence of the warning voice of the Redeemer, " Work while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work," (John ix. 4.) and the solemn injunction of the prophet, " Prepare to meet thy God." We are daily reminded that this... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1807 - 700 pages
...fhort my time is.' O that I may never forget that my time is fhort : and may a fenfe of this induce me to * work while it is day,' for ' the night cometh when no man Can work.' 29, Dining at an inn, in Northallerton, I reproved one of the company for fwearing, who feemed... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1808 - 344 pages
...now improve or waste the talents intrusted to our care. God grant ! then, my brethren, that we may work, " while it is day ; for the night cometh when no man can work !"* The words of the text are taken from the parable of the unjust steward : the chief design... | |
 | 1813 - 464 pages
...recompense. These are loud calls to us who are left behind, to " work the works of him that sent" us " while it is day ; for the night cometh when no man can work." But the Lord has raised up many hopeful young men» to fill die places of those whom he has... | |
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I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work d ." Two doctrines, both of them distinctly Christian, throw their guardian shadows over the lesson. 
