 | Robert Nares - 1794 - 366 pages
...facred difpenfations, fince §t. Paul difputed on this fubject ; fince he afked with fo much energy, " Where is the '' wife ? where is the fcribe ? where...hath not God made " foolifh the wifdom of this world ?" In, fuch terms does the Lord declare that he eftablifhes a fyftem above man's comprehenfion, and... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794 - 404 pages
...and again I Jay, Rejoice. SERMON II. On the Chriftian doctrine of redemption, p. 25. i COR. i. 20. Where is the wife ? where is the fcribe ? where is the difputer of tki* •world? batb not God made fooliJJi the wifdom of this world % SERMON III. The fame fubject continued,... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1794 - 408 pages
...SERMON iti On the Chriftian doftrine of redemption, p. 25. i COR. i. 20. Inhere is the "wife? where ts the fcribe ? where is the difputer of this world? hath not God madefoolijh the icifdom of this world? SERMON ItL The farne fubject continued^ and the fame text, p.... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1795 - 472 pages
...will deftroy the . •wifdom of the wife, and will bring to nothing the underftanding of the prudent. Where is the . wife ? where is the fcribe ? where...this world ? hath not God made foolifh the wifdom of * P&1. cvii. 1 7 — 20. this world ? For after that in the wifdom of God the world by wifdom knew... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1800 - 620 pages
...will deftroy the wifdom of the wife, and " will bring to nothing the underflanding of the prudent. " Where is the wife ? where is the fcribe ? where is the " difputer of this world ? hath not God made fooliftl the " wifdom of this world ?" It may perhaps be afked, What is the meaning of this renunciation... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1801 - 60 pages
...therefore feel ourfelves juftified, on this occafion, in adopting the triumphant boaft of the great apoftle : Where is the -wife, -where is the fcribe,...is the difputer of this world ? hath not God made foolijh the "wifdom of this world ? for after that, in the uuifdom of Godt the world by nuifdom knew... | |
 | William Penn - 1801 - 500 pages
...wifdom, fo much valued by Jews and Greeks ; Where, fays he, is the wife? Where is the fcribe ? Where 5s the difputer of this world ? Hath not God made foolifh the wifdom of this world?11 And he gives a good reafon for it, That no flefh fhould glory in his prefence.' "Which is... | |
 | John Hollis - 1801 - 224 pages
...the underftand" of the prudent. Where is the wife? " Where is the fcribe ? Where is the dif" puter of this world ? Hath not God " made foolifh the wifdom of this world?" — and adds much more in the fame ftrain. Upon the whole, it is fufficiently evident that the morality... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 600 pages
...will deftroy the wifdom of the wife, and " will bring to nothing the underftanding of the prudent. " Where is the wife? where is the fcribe ? where is...hath not God made foolifh the " wifdom of this world ?" It may perhaps be afked, What is the meaning of this renunciation of human learning and wifdom ?... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1802 - 498 pages
...thoughtlefs, or all their fearches iffued in perplexity, or in the moft abfurd and impious contrivances. Where is the wife ? where is the fcribe ? where is the difputer of this world ? Let them appear, and produce their fchemes upon this head. But hath not God made foolijh the wifdom... | |
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