...being correct,) St. Paul commands us not to despise prophesyings, (or the teachings of others,) but to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good, (and the way to prove all things is for. us to go " to the law and the testimony,") and if they speak...

...ordinance to the proof of our experience, — may we be enabled, by the edification of our own souls, "to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good." SERMON IV. DEFENCE OF THE ENGLISH RUBRIC. " IN whom also after that ye believed, ye were scaled with...

...resist error, in the face of every solicitation, and blandishment, and bribe of a compromising world: to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good.* I. First, then; an inquiry into the true interpretation of the unfulfilled prophecies of Scripture,...

...interpretations of a self constituted body calling itself ' Holy Mother church ?' No, we are directed to prove all things and to hold fast that which is good. The apostle Paul wrote as unto wise men and directed them to judge what he said. The example of the...

...understanding. — They are required here, as upon every other subject, to separate truth from falsehood, to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good."* Extensive information and enlightened criticism are called in to be the handmaids of religion ; and...

...* Organon of Homoeopathic Medicine, by Samuel Hahnemann, p. 44. spirits, whether they be of God,' ' to prove all things and to hold fast that which is good,' the present assuredly is one. The disposition to inquiry that has been awakened, the spread of education,...

...have ears, to hear ; upon all that hear to search the scriptures whether the things heard are so ; to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good. And it requires every man to be fully persuaded in his own mind, and thus to be able to give a reason...

...search them for himself, to submit his conscience to no earthly dominion whatever, but individually to ' prove all things' and to ' hold fast that which is good.' The Anglican church, on the contrary, teaches, that a certain existing body of men ' has power to decree...

...second commentary upon Hosea. He presently afterwards adds ; " My purpose is to read the ancients ; to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good ; and not to depart from the faith of the Catholic Church."f According to the rule which he has commended...

...second commentary upon Hosea. He presently afterwards adds ; " My purpose is to read the ancients ; to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good ; and not to depart from the faith of the Catholic Church. "f According to the rule which he has commended...