...in the power of his might, and take to you the whole armour of God. No man that warveth entanglr-.th himself with the' affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath called him to be a soldier. Since ye have known him and embarked in his service, lacked ye any thing...

...life. To this law the apostle refers: no one thai warreth, ENTANGLETH HIMSELF WITH THE AFFAIRS от THIS LIFE ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.3 (2 Tim. ii. 4.) The names of those who died or were cashiered for misconduct were expunged...

...as a good soldier of Jesus Christ. No man that warreth cmtangleth himself with the affairs of tli it life ; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully, a Tim. ii....

...between two brethren, said, " Who made me a judge or a divider?" fit. Paul, speaking of churchmen, says, "No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life ;" which was understood by St. Cyprian, as a perpetual rule against the secular employments of the...

...extract from one of his letters : " I have endeavoured to conform to what the Apostle Paul says ; ' No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life-' My resolution is now taken, to renounce all worldly honors, ease and protection ; and devote myself,...

...not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables ;" the second was 3 Tim. ii. 4, " exalted above measure through the abnndanca of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn These passages, produced considerable hesitation and much perplexity. Again, there were other Scriptures...

...This is not the house !" In order to redeem time, he must refuse to engage in secular affairs : JVo man, that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs...may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier. He must watch, too, against a dozing away of time : the clock-weight goes down slowly, yet it draws...

...the Romans prohibited marriage to their soldiery. To this the apostle refers, 2 Tim. ii. 4, " No one that warreth, entangleth himself with the affairs...may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." 10. The return of the conquering army has ever been an occasion of the most enthusiastic rejoicing....

...called to " endure hardship as good soldiers of Jesus Christ." Now "no man that warreth," we read, " entangleth himself with the affairs of this life,...may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier." One, who is about to engage in labours, conflicts, and dangers, under some approved and favourite leader,...

...that spirit which we desire ? We read * that a good soldier of Jesus Christ entangleth himself not with the affairs of this life, that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier ; or, as Guyse explains it, ' he must not follow any civil calling, unprofitable reading, or unnecessary...