...perfecting; of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ. Acts 17. 11. These were more noble, than those in Thessalonica,...of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily whether these things were so. Matt. 7. 7. Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and...

...these things. 9 And when they had taken security of Jason, and of the other, they let them go. 9 10 ^[ And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas...coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews. 11 These were m more noble than 10 those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all "readiness...

...ye enter not into temptation : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. Matt. xxvi. 41. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.* Acts xvii. 11. affirmed, without contradiction, that " the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: an...

...inspired historian has not hesitated to pronounce upon the Bereans the ever to be remembered panegyrick, "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." On the comparison here instituted, I have little to offer. Those rival cities have long since vanished...

...Almost the whole city came together to hear the word of God, &c.— Acts xiii. 7. 44—46. xix. 20. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. — Acts xvi.. 11. Apollos, &c. mighty in the Scriptures, &c. mightily convinced the Jews and that...

...ministry, we may be recommended by you to the grace of God?* * Acts xv. 40. LECTURE IX. ACTS xvii. 11. These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. now enter upon that division of the apostolic history, which is confined to the transactions of St....

...And this was so far from displeasing the apostle, that he highly commended them for it, in the text. "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." This conduct of the Bereans, in exercising their right of private judgment, in forming their religious...

...and Silas by night unto 10 Berea : who coming thither, went into the synagogue of the Jews. These 1 1 were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that...things were so. Therefore many of them believed; also 12 of honorable women which were Greeks, and of men not a few. But when 13 the Jews of Thessalonica...

...attention to them ; for of the Jews at Berea, who attended to the preaching of Paul and Silas, it is said, "These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether these things were so." Acts xvii, 11. Here the reading of the scriptures by the laity, as the rule...

...doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether men speak of themselves." This was the conduct of the Bereans, " These were more noble than those in Thessalonica,...things were so." Therefore many of them believed. Their attention, teachableness, impartiality, diligence, and willingness to be determined by the oracles...