 | George Coventry - Church of England - 1830 - 232 pages
...injunction of our Divine Legislator himself, (Matt. vi. 7.) ' When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the ' heathen do; for they think they shall be heard ' for their much speaking.' Cicero. Knowing, therefore, that you pursue those very forms for which the heathen were... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1831 - 686 pages
...and a greater man than Solomon has said, " When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathens do ; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking : be ye not therefore like unto them, for your father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask... | |
 | William Buell Sprague - Revivals - 1832 - 498 pages
...thy Father who seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye, therefore, like unto them. After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed... | |
 | Richard Burgess - 1832 - 356 pages
...with groanings that cannot be uttered." When ye pray therefore, brethren, '' use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking," [neither be ye captivated with the pomp of a vain worship, which turneth the mind from the... | |
 | Isaac Nicholson - Bible - 1832 - 154 pages
...Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. 1 After this manner therefore pray ye : Our Father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name... | |
 | Well-wisher to society - Natural theology - 1834 - 434 pages
...professing Christians would approximate much nearer to the command of our Lord : use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. What would we think of a fellow creature, who should implore of us relief from sufferings... | |
 | Samuel Simon Schmucker - Augsburg Confession - 1834 - 430 pages
...professing Christians would approximate much nearer to the command of our Lord : use not vain repetitions as the heathen do, for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. What would -we think of a fellow creature, who should implore of us relief from sufferings... | |
 | J. D. H. H. - 1834 - 60 pages
...repetitions ;" but you will be pleased to remember, that when He says " use not vain repetitions," He adds, " as the heathen do, for they think they shall be heard for their ¿ tf much speaking." it is against the heathen practice that [ff t our Lord meant to warn his followers,... | |
 | Christian biography - 1835 - 434 pages
...a Spirit. He looketh to the heart. — Beware of tediousness and length. "Use not vain repetitions as the heathen do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking." " God" is in heaven, and thou upon the earth; therefore let thy words be few." God cannot... | |
 | Tales - 1836 - 250 pages
...heart. Remember what our Saviour says respecting this great privilege : ' Use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do ; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye like unto them ; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.'" After breakfast,... | |
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But when ye pray use not vain repetitions as the heathen do ; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them ; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him. 
