| 1853 - 684 страница
...in this sense how often is it still as true as ever, that " God chooses the foolish things of this 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 which are despised... | |
| Scotland Church of - 1845 - 768 страница
...disturb its peace. God often acts quite contrary to our expectations, " h« maketh the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty, and base things of the world, and things which are despised, yea,... | |
| Charles Dickinson (bp. of Meath.) - 1845 - 692 страница
...were empowered to work miracles in attestation of their mission, " God 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 " base things of the world, and things which are " despised... | |
| 1881 - 672 страница
...echoing what the veteran Apostle long before affirmed, ' That God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty.'f Of Fox's childhood and early youth we know little beyond what he has recorded... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Michael Rossetti - 1882 - 1168 страница
...lines call to mind at once the text in first Corinthians, — ' God hath chosen the foolish things of bim, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the confound the things that are mighty.' Then in the next lines we are reminded of Matthew xxi. 16, —... | |
| Charles Russell Hurditch - 1883 - 644 страница
...not infrequent method of God's working. It is as if He delighted to choose " 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,... | |
| 1883 - 396 страница
...aa Sydney Smith contemptuously called him, forgetting that " 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 shall our section of the denomination, with our distinctive... | |
| John Pilkington Norris - 1884 - 150 страница
...preaching no word of his own, but a word of God, will clothe him with power. Nay, we are told that " God has chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world hath God chosen to confound the mighty." As in all its departments, so especially in this, which treats... | |
| Seton Churchill - 1884 - 300 страница
...I OFFER the contents of this book to the public, trusting that He who can use 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,... | |
| P. C. Barker - 1884 - 510 страница
...is, that it is too full and not " fit for the Master's use." " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
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