 | George Stokes - 1799 - 364 pages
...the words of the Holy Ghost, as spoken by the Prophet, are peculiarly applicable ; " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness...darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," (Is. v. 20.) Ought we not rather to examine ourselves? — Is there not at the present day... | |
 | Legacy - 1827 - 332 pages
...or branches of the same sentence, and directs us to rest while we can tell three ; as, Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. And especially where there is a sort of opposition between the one and the other ; as, And... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 412 pages
...are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. Prov. xxx. 12. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness j that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Isaiah^ v. 20. . , , . .. , , . ,... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...see it: and et the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it. 20 II od for their lives, and had rest from their enemies,...thousand, but they laid not their hands on the pre bitter ! 21 Wo unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! 22 Wo unto... | |
 | William Lothian - 1828 - 580 pages
...give flattering titles to any man, and withstood even Peter to the face, when he was Ui be blamed. " Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" Isa. v. 20. 2. Those who boast of superior wisdom, are often chargeable with the greatest... | |
 | 1828 - 546 pages
...Warden of New College. The text considered is the well-known passage, Isaiah v. 20. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." This discourse contains the following observations — observations extremely important to... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1828 - 820 pages
...tongue, and changed the very meaning of words; calling black, white ; and bitter, sweet. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." 16. The next feature of the times, is "heady," or precipitate, or forward : which maybe seen... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...and testimony, or the word and doctrine from it, and its spiritual and literal sense. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." Isaiah. v. 20. Those are here denounced •who falsify the Word, and thence teach false doctrines,... | |
 | Henry Walter - 1828 - 524 pages
...do something towards rescuing unsuspicious youth from the snares laid in their way by such as call evil good and good evil, that put darkness for light and light for darkness, the writer has been induced to resolve on offering his countrymen a History of England,... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1829 - 412 pages
...and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear :" Isa. lix, 1, 2. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight ! Woe unto them... | |
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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
