| 1819 - 594 pages
...that which indeed is the great subject of these volumes, that " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things...to confound the things which are mighty, and base thing« of the world, and things which are despised, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1840 - 644 pages
...knew not; and few instances are more calculated to shew 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." THE LIFE OF FAITH. A Letter found in the Study of the late Rev.... | |
| 1819 - 478 pages
...many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble. But God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty ; and base things of the world, and thing» which are not, to bring to nought things... | |
| 1823 - 626 pages
...not many noble, are called; but that God, in his infinite wisdom, hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to con• 'found the mighty, that no flesh should glory in his presence. Turning from the sacred pages... | |
| Willis Harris - 1821 - 344 pages
...he takes occasion to state to his Corinthian brethren, that " God had 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, yea,... | |
| 1833 - 958 pages
...men to supply all the Circuits ; and that it had often pleased God to employ " the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound1 the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
| Mary Anne Davis - 1822 - 134 pages
...the mouth of babes and sucklings hast ordained strength (b) ; who hast 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 (c), hear the voice of my humble petitions when I cry unto thee,... | |
| 1847 - 662 pages
...remarkable instances of a similar character, in which " God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; that no flesh should glory in his presence." It may just be... | |
| John Locke - 1823 - 602 pages
...to come, as well as to the first: for God, as St. Paul tells us, has chosen the " foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty ;" and this not only till miracles ceased, but ever since. " To be hated for Christ's... | |
| Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 458 pages
...humble men, were singled out by our Lord. He chose, as the apostle expresses it, " the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty*; that his religion might not be established by the enticing words... | |
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