 | 310 էջ
...undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." (James i. 27.) This is the on!y definition of true religion furnished | in the New Testament. People think religion is the... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 380 էջ
...commands us to be rich in good works, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to comfort the sick, to visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction, and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world, unpolluted by its vices, and unsubdued by its predominant vanities... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1806 - 252 էջ
...heart, that man's religion is " rain." And that pure religion, and undefiled before God the Father, is this : " to visit " the fatherless and widow in their affliction, " and to keep himself unspotted from the " world." Faith in Christ, if it produce not these effects, he declares is dead,... | |
 | Mrs. Chapone (Hester) - 1809 - 350 էջ
...heart, that man's religion is vain." And that, " pure religion, and tmdefilcd before God and the father, is this, to visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." Faith in Christ, if it produce not these ejects, he. tlcclares is dead,... | |
 | 1854 - 834 էջ
...; ' ' Love is the fulfilling of the law ; ' ' Pure religion and undeffled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world ; ' ' Now abideth Faith, Hope, Charity, but the greatest of these is Charity.'... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 էջ
...man's reli" gion is vain :" — and that " pure rcli" gion, and undefiled before God and the " Father, is this, to visit the fatherless " and widow in their affliction, and to " keep himself unspotted from the world." Faith in Christ, if it produce not these effects, he declareth, is dead,... | |
 | 1818 - 510 էջ
...and with reminding the latter, that pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is tías, To visit the fatherless and widow« in their affliction, and to keep themselves unspotted from the world. LITERARY INTELLIGENCE ]. In the Prest. Scripture Parables, in... | |
 | 1821 - 322 էջ
...heart, that man's religion is vain :" and that " pure religion, and undefiled before God the Father, is this' — to visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." Faith in Christ, if U produce not these effects, be declares is dead, or... | |
 | Society of friends Pennsylvania yearly meeting - 1821 - 200 էջ
...the objects of care on that account. He was careful in the remembrance of the apostle's exhortation, to visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction, and to keep ourselves unspotted from the world ; so that it may be truly said of him, he was ready to do good and... | |
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Writ declares that true (pure ?) religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, to visit the fatherless and widow in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world. 
