...which could have been really objected to. Men's minds will thus be led to investigate divine truth, to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good. We have very watchful, zealous and active enemies on every side. The ardour with which the new voluntary-church...

...in matters of faith, save the Lord Jesus Christ. It enjoins him to call no man father on earth, but to " prove all things," and " to hold fast that which is good." The Gospel received into the heart, likewise effects deliverance from those debasing passions that...

...truth. An apostle commands us to " stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free," " to prove all things," and to " hold fast that which is good." In fact, the very spirit of the gospel is that of freedom ; it is called a " law of liberty," and its...

...principles, which were, in the sequel, the foundation of the whole reformation. First, " That it is necessary to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good." (1 Thess. v. 21.; Gal. i. 8, 9.) Secondly, " That there is no infallible authority on earth but that of the holy scriptures."...

...Christ; and then he who, according to the scripture, is called a skilful money-changer, who knows how " to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good, and to abstain from all appearance of evil." ' 2. In the Greek Commentaries upon St. John's1' gospel...

...not the faith advised by scripture; the true faith leads us to search the scriptures, to examine and to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good. Let this, then, be our faith, let us examine the words under consideration, not doubtingly, but with...

...strictest examination of her doctrines, inviting us in effect, according to a rule really primitive, to " prove all things and to hold fast that which is good." Such was the conduct of those great men to whom, under God, we owe our pure faith and worship, and...

...the Gospel. The object of the letter was not to foster blind bigotry, but to lead his correspondent to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good." Those of his young friends who went abroad, his heart followed with the most affectionate solicitude...

...voice of the speaker — still he hath ever invited them to scrutinize the message ; he has urged them to " prove all things," and to " hold fast that which is good." And if you ask, brethren, the reason why we are all bound to attend to the words of this Book, then...

...profession with unyielding firmness of principle. The Apostle writing to the Thessalonians admonishes them to "prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good ;" an admonition of great weight and importance, which it is at our peril we neglect in either of its...