 | Edward Cooper - 1813 - 340 pages
...instructive, by shewing us how we may do better for the time to come. We have seen in what respects the Children of this world are wiser than the Children of light. But surely, this ought not to be. Consider the difference of the objects, which worldly and religious... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1818 - 408 pages
...instructive, by shewing us how we may do better lor (he time to come. We have seen in what respects the Children of this world are wiser than the Children of light. But surely, this ought not to be. Consider the difference of the objects, which worldly and religious... | |
 | Edward Cooper - 1818 - 362 pages
...instructive, by showing us how we may do better for the time to come. We have seen in what respects the Children of this world are wiser than the Children of light. But surely, this ought not to be. Consider the difference of the objects, which Worldly and religious... | |
 | Marmorarius (pseud.) - 1819 - 292 pages
...ages, that in the defence of the ground they have chosen! and for their zeal in making proselytes, " the children of this world are wiser than the children of light." Our Saviour noted the same of the corrupt Pharisees. Mutt, xxiii- IS. On what principle is this to... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1821 - 292 pages
...disconcerted or diverted from his purpose : and hence it is said, that they who are ruled by him, to wit, the children of this world, are wiser than the children of light. (Luke xvi. 8.) First, he began to compliment and congratulate the little pilgrims upon their escape... | |
 | 1822 - 980 pages
...easily excited by such conduct; but the Christian sheds a tear when he sees these proofs that even now "the children of this world are wiser than the children of light." "That there should be differences of opinion upon religious subjects is a matter of no surprise, when... | |
 | Mary Martha Sherwood - 1823 - 258 pages
...disconcerted or diverted from his purpose: and hence it is said, that they who are ruled by him, to wit, the children of this world, are wiser than the children of light. (Luke xvi. 8.) First, he began to compliment and congratulate the little pilgrims upon their escape... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1823 - 436 pages
...among the world in general than among Christians or the people of God ? As Christ himself declares, " The children of this world are wiser than the children of light," Luke xvi. What Christian can be compared (to say nothing of the Greeks) with Cicero alone for talents,... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1823 - 412 pages
...among the world in general than among Christians or the people of God ? As Christ himself declares,ยป " The children of this world are wiser than the children of light," Luke xvi. What Christian can be compared (to say nothing of the Greeks) with Cicero alone for talents,... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1823 - 396 pages
...among the world in general than among Christians or the people of God ? As Christ himself declares, " The children of this world are wiser than the children, of light," Luke xvi. What Christian can be compared (to say nothing of the Greeks) with Cicero alone for talents,... | |
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a dozen more to say that the children of this world are wiser than the children of light. Some to declare that like draws to like, and others that extremes meet: a host to persuade us that to hesitate is to be lost, and we are almost 
