 | Thomas Bissland - 1835 - 434 pages
....... 383 SERMON I. THE PREACHING OF THE CROSS. 1 CORINTHIANS i. 18. " For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God," THERE is no earthly distinction so great, or so momentous, as that which exists between the two classes... | |
 | 1835 - 206 pages
...he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. On this account " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God." The text contains two distinct propositions. First, that the preaching of the cross is to them that... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 372 pages
...attested by the records of every church and the experience of every believing heart — "the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Cor. i. 18. It is impossible not to admire the power, and adore the mercy that thus wrought a double... | |
 | Isaac Crewdson - 1835 - 170 pages
...one that believeth ;" compare 1 Cor. i. 18, where the same Apostle says, " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God;" v.2\, he says, "It pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe;" and, v.... | |
 | William Cowper, William Hayley - 1835 - 376 pages
...attested by the records of every church and the experience of every believing heart — "the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Cor. i. 18. It is impossible not to admire the power, and adore the mercy that thus wrought a double... | |
 | Christian - 1835 - 172 pages
...patience and comfort of the scriptures, might have hope. Rom. xv. 4. 6. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish, foolishness ; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God. 1 Cor. i. 18. 7- Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the... | |
 | Russell Streeter - 1835 - 304 pages
...peace." And St. Paul writes, that those who despised the gospel and perished in his day, accounted it foolishness ; but, "unto us which are saved, it is the power of God. For it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching [as it was called] to save them that believe." (1... | |
 | George William Lewis - 1836 - 446 pages
...God, neither can he, because they are spiritually discerned :" and again, " The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are saved, it is the power of God ; for it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nought the understanding... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 384 pages
...attested by the records of every church and the experience of every believing heart — "the cross is to them that perish foolishness, but unto us which are saved it is the power of God." 1 Cor. i. 18. It is impossible not to admire the power, and adore the mercy that thus wrought a double... | |
 | John Henry Newman - 1836 - 486 pages
...mind, let us rather be content with the words of the Apostle. " The preaching of the cross," he says, " is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nought the understanding... | |
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For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness ; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God. 
