 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...  The Refuge - Page 203by William Giles - 1804 - 257 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 668 pages
...thereto, who, to depress human pride, and advance his own glory, ' 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 ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised,... | |
 | William Swan - Missionaries - 1830 - 372 pages
...employed in calling others to the knowledge of the truth. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world- to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, and the base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen... | |
 | 1830 - 744 pages
...wealth and pomp, or by compulsive force and violence. ; for Cud luUli chosen the foolish things nf the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound the mighty, ¿fc. It discountenanccth the imposition of new laws and precepts beside those... | |
 | Charles James Blomfield (bp. of London.) - 1832 - 502 pages
...silence the most eloquent of their opponents. It was manifest that God had chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which were mighty* The absence of human endowments gave scope for the free and... | |
 | William Bates - Salvation - 1831 - 382 pages
...sufferings. (2.) That the honour of all might solely redound to him. " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things...the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen ; yea, and things which are not, to bring to... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
...wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things that are despised, hath God chosen ; yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that arc." Such are they who have generally constituted... | |
 | Baptists - 1831 - 334 pages
...wise, and bring to nolhing Ihe understanding of the prudent." " He halh 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." These sayings... | |
 | Irish pulpit - 1831 - 372 pages
...to our hearts. He has guarded us by the instruments he made use of by making " the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the strong." He has guarded us by the very character of the doctrines of his unsearchable... | |
 | Ephraim Eveleth - Hawaii - 1831 - 218 pages
...striking an example of the truth of the Apostle's declaration : " God has 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; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath... | |
 | Edward Maltby (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 422 pages
...Jews, it surely was the work of God, and not of man ; " the foolish things of the world were chosen to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty." But if His religion was addressed to the Jews under such great... | |
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