 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1832 - 552 pages
...to the root of the question before us, when he says, 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';" b Psalm ii. 1. c Acts xix. 20. d Acts xix. 11. e 1 Cor. i.... | |
 | Thomas Greenwood - 1832 - 64 pages
...in a matter of this nature, if they should be so disposed ! Of old, God chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world, to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
 | 1832 - 548 pages
...unhallowed design. This poor girl never sought for fame ; " but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world 10 confound the things which are mighty." Others may feel differently from myself; may, perhaps, think... | |
 | William Bates - Redemption - 1832 - 394 pages
...• (2.) That the honour of all might solely redound to him. " God hath chosen the foolish things 6f the world to confound the wise; and the weak things of the' ^Vorld to confound the things which are mighty; and base thfngs of the world, and, . things which 'Are... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1834 - 500 pages
...about so great an end. How wonderfully in this instance were the foolish things of the world chosen to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty ! Never was there a greater disproportion between cause and effect. It is no characteristic of human... | |
 | Matthew Anderson (M.A.) - 1834 - 344 pages
...choose them; he does not prepare as man would prepare them. He delights to make " the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
 | Charles Pettit McIlvaine - Preaching - 1834 - 24 pages
...the word. Their principle was, " God giveth the increase," and '• hath 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," that no flesh— (that neither preacher nor convert) should glory... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1834 - 618 pages
...obscure mechanic, a stranger in a strange place. It is thus that God chooseth " the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty, and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
 | Richard Cattermole - Christianity - 1834 - 386 pages
...its very front the most decisive proof of divine agency. If the foolish things of the world were able to confound the wise; and the weak things of the world to confound the things that were mighty; and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1835 - 414 pages
...from their ministry. Thus, to use the language of the apostle, '' he hath 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 ; that no flesh should glory in his presence, — that, according... | |
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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... 
