 Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools; and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.  Sermons... - Page 111by Samuel Clarke - 1743Full view - About this book
 | Schools - 1799 - 198 pages
...vices, was permitted by reasoners who thus, indeed, " professing themselves to be wise, became fools, and changed the . glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man." Whatever possessed the power to act or suffer, they regarded as of a corporeal nature... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Atmosphere - 1799 - 200 pages
...to perform, and of their eternal destination. " Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and to four-footed beasts, and creeping things." The religion of nature... | |
 | George Lyttelton (1st baron.) - 1799 - 146 pages
...find that he did t. But clear as it was, they had almoft put it out by their fuperftitions, having changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-fotrfe'd be aft s, and creeping things, and ferving the creature... | |
 | Friedrich Christian Lesser - Botany, Economic - 1799 - 468 pages
...Chap. 1. 23. proves this ; for, when fpeaking of the Gentiles, he exprefies himfelf thus ; *' They changed the glory of the uncorruptible God, " into an image made like to corruptible man, and " to birds, and four-footed beads, and creeping '* things." The author of the... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Deism - 1801 - 340 pages
...retain God in their knowledge : therefore they were given up to a mind void of judgment ; to change the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beajis, and creeping things .and to defile their bodies... | |
 | John Jamieson - Bible - 1802 - 540 pages
...create darknefs: I make "peace and create evil: I JEHOVAH do aU thefe "things1'." The heathen nations " changed the glory of the " uncorruptible God, into...birds and four-footed " beafts, and creeping things s." The worftiip of A 4 the p Univerfal Hift. Vol. i. Part i. q Gen. i. 3. — 5, i If». *lv. 5.—... | |
 | 1814
...here means his divinity. Thus Saint Paul, speaking of the idolatrous Gentiles, observes, that they " changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and to fourfooted beasts.and creeping things." So God himself thus speaks... | |
 | William Smith - Sermons, American - 1803 - 528 pages
...imaginations, and their foolish heart " was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, " they became fools, and changed the glory of the " uncorruptible God, into an image made like to " corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted " beasts, and creeping things," &c.* Thus the very... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...chapter of his epistle to the Romans. He says, " Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools ; and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four- footed beasts and creeping things." This he imputes, not to... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1803 - 286 pages
...imaginations, and their ioolifh heart was darkened. Profeffing themfelves to b£ wife, they became I'ools : and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beafts, and creeping things. Who changed the truth of... | |
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