...SERMON, XXXIX. .. . , THE ENLIGHTENED CONSCIENCE UNBENDING. 1. Corinthians, viii. 13. If muat maka my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth. IN the early establishment of Christianity, it became necessary to discriminate between those customs,...

...can lawfully do it, rather than to tempt others to sin. The generous and highminded Apostle declares, "if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth ;" and it is the spirit of this maxim that every Christian ought to cultivate. There are no occasions...

...amusement ; still, what would probably be his sentiments on the subject of offence ? Would he who said, " If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth ; " — would he insist on the propriety of continuing the theatre, although it should occasion grief...

...can lawfully do it, rather than to tempt others to sin. The generous and highminded Apostle declares, "if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth ;" and it is the spirit of this maxim that every Christian ought to cultivate. There are no occasions...

...devoted man, who while believing that things which were lawful were not always expedient, declared, " if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world stancleth, lest I make my brother to offend." There is a great reluctance among Englishmen, in general,...

...sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ. || Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother offend." IT The apostle subsequently with much earnestness warns them to flee from idolatry; and, as...

...forbearance and love — from that holy and self-denying Apostle, who could unhesitatingly declare, " If meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth." That is, he would forego even one of the most natural enjoyments of life, rather than cast a stumbling-block...

...ye sin so against the brethren, and wound their weak conscience, ye sin against Christ.§ Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother offend. "|| The apostle subsequently with much earnestness warns them to flee from idolatry ; and,...

...brotherly love insisted on as that which ought to be above all things. It is to the Corinthians that Paul says, " if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth." * It is to them that he gives that ample discussion already noticed, of the unity of the spirit in...

...mort<C* tAt li •::. 1 G>. 5. 13, r Ro. 14. 13, • lMttc.1.47. oh. 10. 20. \Qr.rdififd. 13 Wherefore, y if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth. lest 1 make my brother to offend. CF7AP. IX. 1 * AMI not an anostle.' am I not n Ro. 14. is. , free ' t>...