 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...urgeth it as an argument against every degree of boasting or selfattribution, 1 Cor. i. 26. &c. " For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world, to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world, to confound... | |
 | Adam - 1816 - 754 pages
...for mankind in general have forgotten that the scripture says, " Not many wise men after the flesh, not many noble are called ;' but God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty." So that... | |
 | William Dell - Society of Friends - 1816 - 608 pages
...and wise, and learned ; but mean, plain, and simple people : according to that of Paul, 1 Cor. i. 26. You see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after thejiesh, not many mighty t not many noble ere called; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the... | |
 | John Macgowan - Christian life - 1816 - 742 pages
...for mankind in general have forgotten that the scripture says, " Not many wise men after the flesh, not many noble are called -• but God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty." So that... | |
 | Legh Richmond - Suffering - 1817 - 806 pages
...harlots; 'they lay in wait every where to entrap him, they sued him to death. after. the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called, but God hath...the weak things of the world to confound the mighty things, and vile things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen." Mark, saith... | |
 | Religion - 1817 - 670 pages
...in the unsearchable wisdom of Jehovah, revealed unto babes; " not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called; but 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... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...Cor. i. 26, 27. " For ye see your calling, brethren, how.thal not many wise mej), after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world — ." .Sc-atW/y, This doctrine may well put us upon examining ourselves, whether we have... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...remarkable words : — (h) " Ye see your calling, brethren, how not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, the base things... | |
 | John Angell James - Christian education - 1817 - 252 pages
...almoners of divine bounty. The apostle, referring to the first preachers of the gospel, could say, " Ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound... | |
 | Socinianism - 1818 - 534 pages
...precepts, are called theelect. Youhave an instance of the first signification, 1 Cor. i. 26, 27, " You see your calling, brethren, how that not many...are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things... | |
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For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound... 
