 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 568 pàgines
...a Peter or Paul, what can he put into these persons that are full of their own conceits already ? " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him." 6. Yea, they are usually the perverters of the souls of others. Before they can come... | |
 | John Platts - 1833 - 504 pàgines
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 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 544 pàgines
...be your darkness ! and if it be selfish, it is certainly so far dark. O believe the Holy Ghost ; " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him ;" Prov. xxvi. 12. For a mere fool that is ignorant only for want of teaching hath no such... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 570 pàgines
...he loveth others to their edification. I. The first is but the same that Solomon thus expresseth, " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ; there is more hope of a fool than of him." (Prov. xxvi. 12.) And Paul elsewhere, " Be not wise in your own conceits." (Rom. xii.... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 722 pàgines
...becometh more incapable of wisdom than a mere idiot ; so did *• Solomon observe, Seest thou, said he, a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him : of a fool, that is sensible of his ignorance, there may be hope that he may by instruction... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1831 - 666 pàgines
...are some of the least likely to get good, of any in the world. Experience shows the truth of that : " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him." To this some may object, that the Psalmist, when we must suppose that he was in a holy... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1831 - 538 pàgines
...cometh more incapable of wisdom than a mere idiot; so did Solomon observe, ' Seest thou,' said he, ' a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him :' of a fool that is sensible of his ignorance, there may be hope, that he may by instruction... | |
 | William Robinson (Baptist Minister.) - 1832 - 200 pàgines
...formed relative to his future attainments. This sentiment is sanctioned by the wise king of Israel — " Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit, there is more hope of a fool than of him,'' and all experience verifies its correctness. The most ! effectual way of obtaining scriptural... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 462 pàgines
...and he will be yet wiser ; teach a jusl man, and he will increase in learning, (Prov. ix. 9.) But, seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of -a fool than of him, (xxvi. 12.) The "principalities and powers in heavenly places," were no novices in the... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 664 pàgines
...with the context, is this : The condition of a fool is, as you have seen, awful in the extreme : but " seest thou a man wise in his own conceit ? there is more hope of a fool than of him." This is a solemn delaration, and worthy of the deepest attention. Let us consider it,... | |
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Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him. 
