 | Nicholas Brady - 1704 - 426 pàgines
...Woe , which is denounced by the Prophet againft fo perverfe a proceeding. Wo ( faies he unto them, that call evil good. and good evil, that put darknefs...light and light for darknefs, that put bitter for fweet and fweet for bitter. Then will all their diligence but aggravate their guilt, fince their earneft... | |
 | Edmund Archer - 1711 - 32 pàgines
...therefore to be eipos'd, abhorr'd, and caution'd againft as much now as ever. Wo unto tient t hat call evil good, and good evil ; that put darknefs for light, and light {or darknefs ; that put titter forfwcet, and Sweet for bitter. Wo unto them that are thuf wije in their... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pàgines
...into the World, and Men love Darknefs rather than Light, becaufe their Deeds are evil. 1 Woe unto them that call Evil Good , and Good Evil ; that put Darknefs...Light, and Light for Darknefs ; that put bitter for fweet, and fweet for bittet. k Happy is he that condemneth not himfelf, in that thing which he alloweth.... | |
 | 1731 - 520 pàgines
...reafonable fervice. VII. Of the unchangeable difference of Good and Evil. Ifai. v. 20. Wo unto tbem that call evil good, and good evil, that put darknefs for light, and light for darknefs ; tbat put bitter for fweet, and faucet for bitter. VIII. Of the Nature of Moral and Pofitive Duties.... | |
 | Richard Lucas - 1735 - 486 pàgines
...they have committed iniquity neither can they blufo, Jcr. vi. 15. iv&o call good evil, and evil good; that put darknefs for light, and light for darknefs ; that put bitter for fweet, and jkveet for bitter, Ifai. v. 20. Such Jinner s there are then: but what does this amount... | |
 | Henry Fielding - 1743 - 404 pàgines
...arife to them from it. The Prophet Ifaiab fpeaks of thefe People, where he fays, Woe unto them who call Evil Good, and Good Evil; that put Darknefs for Light, and Light for Darknefs, &c. In his Sermon on which Text, the witty Dr. Scuth hath thefe Words,—, DETRACTION is that killing... | |
 | Thomas Bullock - 1746 - 66 pàgines
...evev fo (hocking. I fhall therefore take my leave of him in the Words of the Prophet, JVot unto them that call evil good and good evil, that put darknefs for light and light for darknefs, that рис ' ¿it t er for /we et and fiveet fer bitter. ¿FINIS. ' . \ ^ л-' V *•• ... | |
 | Edward Littleton - 1749 - 368 pàgines
...with neither Guilt nor Infamy. And well therefore does it deferve the Sentence pronounced againft it : Wo unto them that call Evil Good, and Good Evil; that...Light, and Light for Darknefs, that put bitter for faucet, and fvueet for hitter. Thus to deftroy the Diftinftions between Vice and Virtue, by confounding... | |
 | John WITHERSPOON (President of Princeton College.), William Shenstone - 1768 - 342 pàgines
...thinking it themfelves, and yet fall under the deuunciation of the Prophet Ifaiah, v. 20,— 24. ' Wo ' unto them that call evil good, and good evil...light, and light for darknefs; that ' put bitter for fwcet, and fweet for bitter. Wo un' to them that are wife in their own eyes, and pru• dent in their... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1773 - 892 pàgines
...finful practice, they contribute directly to the fin of others, and bring that wo on thenafelves, It', v. 20. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good...light, and light for darknefs ; that put bitter for fiveet, and fweet for bitter. By all thefe two fall at once ; for the fin of him that commands, counfels,... | |
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make speed, hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it. 20. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put... 
