A Serious Inquiry Into the Nature and Effects of the Stage: And a Letter Respecting Play ActorsWhiting & Watson... [Printed by D. & G. Bruce], 1812 - 199 страници |
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Страница 100 - I pray not that thou shouldst take them out of the world, but that thou shouldst keep them from the evil.
Страница 84 - And my speech, and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Страница 111 - For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idol's temple, shall not the conscience of him which is weak be emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols; and through thy knowledge shall the weak brother perish, for whom Christ died?
Страница 80 - 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 the things which are mighty...
Страница 80 - And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
Страница 111 - Wherefore, if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend.
Страница 10 - But fornication, and all uncleanness, or covetousness, let it not be once named among you, as becometh saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient : but rather giving of thanks.
Страница 56 - See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Страница 10 - For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries...
Страница 89 - We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren.