| Andrew MARSHALL (D.D.), James Lewis - 1830 - 174 pàgines
...God has withdrawn his extraordinary and miraculous agency ? Because he " chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things...the world to confound the things that are mighty," are we in defiance of the lessons of experience, which in all other cases accord with the lessons of... | |
| William Swan - 1830 - 372 pàgines
...employed in calling others to the knowledge of the truth. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world- to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, and the base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen... | |
| 1830 - 626 pàgines
...conquest? We reply, the very same, which the infidel derides. God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty. There will no doubt be a rivalry and a fierce struggle between these two plans... | |
| John Fletcher - 1830 - 364 pàgines
...after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
| 1830 - 744 pàgines
...wealth and pomp, or by compulsive force and violence. ; for Cud luUli chosen the foolish things nf the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, ¿fc. It discountenanccth the imposition of new laws and precepts beside those... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 772 pàgines
...pomp, or by compulsive force and vio1 Cor.i.t7,lence; for God hath chosen the foolish things of James \\.$.the world to confound the wise; and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty; and base, despicable things, &c. that no flesh should glory in his presence. 2... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 588 pàgines
...to reveal himself by the gospel, which they accounted foolishness He " chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise' and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and the base things of the world, and things that are despised,... | |
| Charles James Blomfield (bp. of London.) - 1832 - 502 pàgines
...silence the most eloquent of their opponents. It was manifest that God had chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which were mighty* The absence of human endowments gave scope for the free and... | |
| William Henry Rowlatt - 1830 - 454 pàgines
...flesh, not many mighty, not many noble were called ; but that God had chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty. Had the celebrated historian to whom I have already adverted considered this passage,... | |
| Ephraim Eveleth - 1831 - 218 pàgines
...striking an example of the truth of the Apostle's declaration : " God has chosen the foolish things of the world -to confound the wise; and the weak things...the world to confound the things that are mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God cho' sen; "yea, things which... | |
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