| John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - 934 Seiten
...-, and the result was, that numbers, by means of such preaching, became wise unto salvation. Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? Defences of the Christian religion have often been conducted in such a manner as to produce an effect... | |
| 1813 - 996 Seiten
...our feelings upon it in one •expressive sentence : " How much this passage reminds our of, ' Where is the wise, where is the scribe, where is the disputer of this world, Ac. ! ' 1 Cor. L 20." Letter, p. 8. And this application, be it remembered, is made by a man who hag... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 Seiten
...[«K»I>OS¿.] A figure, when several clauses of a sentence are begun with the same word, or sound ; as, Where is the ¡wise ? Where is the scribe ? Where is the disputer of thit world ? ANAPLERO'TICK. adj. [ov«*X"i«ew.] That fills up any vacuity : used of applications which... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1808 - 414 Seiten
...again I say, Rejoice. SERMON II. On the Christian doctrine of Redemption, p. 2 5. 1 COR. i. 20. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the z&ix~ dom of this world? SERMON III. The same subject continued, and the same text, p. 5 1 . SERMON... | |
| Thomas Belsham - 1808 - 656 Seiten
...of those that are wise, and will bring to nothing the knowledge of those 20 that are knowing." Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not 21 God made foolish the wisdom of this world? For after that, through the wisdom of God, the world... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 Seiten
...God. I. 1 9 / will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring &c. See Isaiah xxix. 14. I. 20 Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world f hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? Where then is the wise and learned Pharisee... | |
| Thomas Bradbury - 1810 - 324 Seiten
...wavering that arises. 2. From pride and vanity. Men love to have something of their own. But where is the wise, where is the scribe, where is the disputer of this world? Has not God. made foolish the wisdom of this world? 1 Cor. i._20. There is no reputation got, by standing... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1810 - 538 Seiten
...against it, deride it, or revile it, only tread in the steps of ancient scribes and philosophers. But " where is the " scribe? where is the disputer of this world?" Hath not God at all times made foolish their boasted wisdom, if whenever it exalted itself against the knowledge... | |
| Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - 1810 - 588 Seiten
...it not then with reason, that St. Paul cried out in that passage, Where it • Rom. i. 21, 32. BB a the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world * ? Did they so much as suspect it to be their duty openly to oppose so many blasphemies, and to suffer,... | |
| David Savile - 1810 - 440 Seiten
...we are sanctified in the name of the Lord " Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God. " Where," then, " is the wise ? where is " the scribe ? where is the disputer of this * Gal. jii. 13. t Rom. iv. 25. J Col. i. 19, 20. Only Through Christ. 275 " world ?" Let him come forth... | |
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