 | John Warden - 1724 - 298 pages
....' i , • . ' ho}y pompous Ceremonies, but is meft plain and fimple; that the Efficacy of thefe may not fland in the Wifdom of Men, but in the Power of God. By Impositions of this Kindj the Gofpel Churcfc is deprived of the Freedom and Liberty granted... | |
 | James Duchal - 1753 - 460 pages
...and the authority of fallible men, where we can judge for ourfelves ; that fo our faith may not Jland in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God. And it ought to be our endeavour to make progrefs in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift... | |
 | Church of Scotland - 1768 - 576 pages
...and fearched the fcripti; res daily.whether thofe things were fo. I Cor. ii. 4. That your faith mould not fland in the wifdom of men, but in the power of Cod, 2 Cor. i. 24. Not for diat we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of yourjpy; for by... | |
 | 1787 - 506 pages
...fave*Jefus Chrift and him crucified." And the reafon he gave for it was, " that their faith fhould not fland in the wifdom of men, but in the power of GOD." If, as Lord Lyttelton obferves, St. Paul had nothing to gain by taking this part, let us confider,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1788 - 488 pages
...that the kingdom of heaven ftandeth not in word, but in power ; and that a faint's faith ftands not in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God. And who will make me a liar in this, and prove my fpeech to be nothing worth ? It is the blefied Spirit of... | |
 | 1797 - 680 pages
...but with demonftration of the Spirit,' and of power, that," adds he, " your faith ihould not iiand in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God." And let it be remembered that he, who fpeaki this, wanted not learning, art or eloquence, as is evident... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1801 - 624 pages
...with enticing words of men's wifdom, but in demonftration of the Spirit and of power, that their fai h might not fland in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God." He expreffes his defirc for the CoJofllans, " that they might attain to the full affurance of... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 600 pages
...chosen ; so, often since that time, the weakest and most unlikely have been pitched upon, that our faith might not fland in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God. Hence it frequently happens, that it is not only difficult to make men believe the gospel, but... | |
 | Church of Scotland. General Assembly - 1845 - 254 pages
...preaching may ftand rather in the evidence of the Spirit, and that the faith of our flockes be not in the wifdom of men, but in the power of God. And here is not 1597. UNIVERSALL KIRK OF SCOTLAND. 965 to be ommitted the trial of the execution of the... | |
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... not fland in the •wifdom of men, but in the power of God... 