 | Joseph Besse - 1732 - 466 pages
...of Man's Wifdom : But in Demonftration of the Spirit and of Power. That our Faith Jhould not ft and in the Wifdom of Men, but in the Power of God. i Cor. ii. 4. 5. • 1 BUT againft this, in Behalf of wicjced Minifters, it may be, as it hath been urged, that their... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 496 pages
...man's wifdom ; but " in demonftration of the Spirit, and of power; " that your faith mould not ftand in the wifdom of " men, but in the power of GOD i" that is, they did not ufe human eloquence to perfuade men, but delivered the gofpel with all plainnefs... | |
 | Edward Goldney - 1760 - 192 pages
...arc mighty," i Cor. i. 27. God thereby making " it clearly appear that " our faith doth not Hand •' in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God," i Cor. ii. 5. yet foon after the gofpel was preached abroad in the world, we find perfons of great rank and reputation... | |
 | Robert Barclay - 1780 - 614 pages
...other places of fcripture the fame way, as where the apoftle faith, i Cor. ii. 5. That your faith might not fiand in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God, it might be understood, it (hall not ftand principally fo. How might the gofpel, by this liberty... | |
 | James Fisher - 1792 - 560 pages
...fufficieilt, thin the dano'ifti-atren tftkt Spirit, that fo our faith imy ~no(/W/ In.ths iviJHt,m of men, but in the power of God, I Cor. ii. 4, 5. Q^J i .Have we any ability of our own to believe in Chrifl, or to embraet him ? A. No; the Sf irit... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1801 - 624 pages
...attended to the evidence fet before them, and, after they had heard, they believed. Their faith flood not in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God. I proceed, III. To confider the happy confequence of their faith in Chrift. In whom, after ye believed,... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 604 pages
...demonftration of the Spirit and **. of power. That your faith fliould not Hand in the wif'• dom of men, but in the power of God*." i Cor. ii. 4, 5. It may be necefTary here to obviate an objection, that in the holy Scriptures themfelves we find feveral... | |
 | Thomas Wight - 1811 - 342 pages
...words of man's wifdom, but in demonftration of the fpirit and of power, that their faith mould not fbnd in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God :" i Cor. ii. 4, 5. and that the knowledge of the things fpiritual whereof they fpoke, was not attained unto by nasaral... | |
 | World's Student Christian Federation - 1913 - 116 pages
...The " demonstration of the Spirit and of power : that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God." (I. Cor. II. 4, 5.) F. DE ROUGEMONT, FILS, Chairman of the National Committee. Neuchatel. China I. REPORT OF THE STUDENT... | |
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I think, it is that the apoftle faith, i Cor. ii. 4, 5. " and my fpeech, and my preaching was " not with enticing words of^ man's wifdom ; but " in demonftration of the Spirit, and of power; " that your faith mould not ftand in the wifdom of " men, but... 