 | Richard Hurd - 1811 - 444 trang
...Apostle explains and enforces this command of his Master, when he enjoins us in the words of the text, To be wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. I confine myself, at present, to the former part of- the text, and shall enquire into the properties... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa Gurney) - 1819 - 206 trang
...if it regard themselves, and, when we least suppose it, strongly affected by the conduct and feeling of those around them. DELICACY. ON this subject, there...for themselves to be " wise unto that which is good, but simple concerning evil," who can fully appreciate so invaluable a spirit in their children, or,... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 542 trang
...eyes, and not be led by multitudes, either wise, or learned, or godly. Oh, what a blessed thing it is to be wise unto that which is good and simple concerning evil ! * With how much more ease may a Christian go through his Christian course with, than without, a solid... | |
 | Mrs. Hoare (Louisa Gurney) - 1826 - 176 trang
...suppose it, strongly affected by the conduct and feeling of those around them. DELICACY. ON this subjecl, there is little to be said, for it is only those who...concerning evil," who can fully appreciate so Invaluable a spirit in their children, or, who would know how to guard it in them as the choicest plant, though... | |
 | John S. Skinner - 1827 - 434 trang
...if it regard themselves, and, vhen we least suppose it, strongly affected by the onduct and feeling of those around them. DELICACY. On this subject there is little to be said, for it is nly those who have refined and delicate feelings; vho shrink from all that is coarse or impure, arid... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1829 - 298 trang
...we take these things according to their true intent ; reading with simplicity of heart, and a desire to be wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil (Rom. xvi. 19.), we may find in them much instruction : and they may help to introduce us to the experience... | |
 | 1836 - 444 trang
...hearing and talking of sins which ought not even to be named among us. Eph. \. 3, 4. We are called to be " wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil." Rom. xvi. 19. Never suffer yourselves to be amused by an immodest action; nor, by a smile, encourage... | |
 | M. A. Stodart - 1839 - 196 trang
...as Diderot, D'Alembert, Voltaire, and Rousseau; for, in the language of the New Testament, we ought to be " wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil." The age of infidel philosophy—philosophy falsely so called—was closely connected with revolutionary... | |
 | S M. Heaton, George Heaton - 1840 - 236 trang
...the God of peace shall bruise satan under your feet shortly,"! 's an assurance which all who study to be " wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil," shall most certainly find true. The whole imagery of this petition is that of a battle-field, and it... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1840 - 488 trang
...diffidence of them which he did of the Galatians — yet for their greater security he cautions them to be ' wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.' This last injunction is analagous to that given by our Saviour to those disciples whom he sent forth... | |
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... wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil," who can fully appreciate so Invaluable a spirit in their children, or, who would know how to guard it in them as the choicest plant, though of the tenderest growth. If children are tempted... 
