 | 1803 - 818 pages
...and of one who is actuated by the spirit of him who said, "but Í sasr unto >ou, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also, &c." I will not, Sir, descend to particulars in affixing limits to your general principles,... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...next advert is the following : " Ye have heard it has been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil...whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, * Mattb. v. 31,32.... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - 1807 - 648 pages
...occasion shows that the precept which he delivered in the sermon upon the mount, Matt. v. 39> " Resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also," was not intended to be taken literally, • and that it means no more than that Christians,... | |
 | Francis Quarles - 1807 - 410 pages
...also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it. Matth. v. 39. Resist not evil ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matth. xxvi. 52. All that take up thestvord shall perish by the sword. His Soliloquy.... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - 1807 - 684 pages
...rather, " the evil one" meaning such injurious persons as are mentioned in the two following verses ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. In this and the following verses, the expressions are after the eastern manner, and... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...his footstool, &c. V. 38, 39 Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil...-whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Ye have heard the gloss of the Scribes and Pharisees, warranting retaliation of injuries,... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 648 pages
...breathes : Mat. v. 38, 39. Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil...whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. These and the following precepts must not, indeed, be understood literally ; as that... | |
 | Anthony Freston - 1809 - 272 pages
...disciples the like injunctions of submission to persecution, and even to death itself: " Resist not " evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the " right cheek, turn to him the other also." " And if any man will sue thee at the law, " and take away thy coat, let him have... | |
 | William Paley - 1810 - 436 pages
...This, and nothing else, is the character designed in the following remarkable passages : " Resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also : and if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy... | |
 | William Paley - 1811 - 416 pages
...This and nothing else, is the character designed in the following remarkable passages : " Resist not evil ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also: and if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke... | |
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Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 
