 | Philip Schaff - 1877 - 948 pages
...faith, scarce thirty years old : to whom that saying of Isaiah does very well agree — ' Woe nnto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter' (v. 20). CHAPTER XIV. OF REPENTANCE, AND THE CONVERSION OF MAI?. The... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - 1871 - 720 pages
...foot from their path : for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood ' (Prov. i. 10-16). Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their... | |
 | 1808 - 500 pages
...the work of corruption more secretly, but more certainly : bul hear the words of the prophel — " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, anj sweet for bitter." (Isaiah v. 20.) " Of the same nature with indecent conversation is... | |
 | Arthur Aikin - 1803 - 996 pages
...virtue, that it shall assume the garb of vice, or folly. But " woe urito them (says the holy prophet) that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness." " Let me appeal to your experience and knowledge of the world. Have you not sometimes... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...filings are all bugbears, and that God can20 not or will not do а.ч they have said. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...for -light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! who confound the nature qf virtue and vice, contrary to their judg21... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...threatening* are all bugbears, and that God can20 not or will not do as they have said. Wo un^Q the ra that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for d.irkness j that put bitter for sweet, and iWtyt.for bitter \ •who coijfaund the nature of virtue... | |
 | Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy - 1806 - 454 pages
...to them from it. The prophet Isaiah speaks of these people, where he says, ' Woe unto them who call evil good, ' and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and ' light for darkness, &c.' In his sermon on which text the witty Dr. South hath these words : — * Df' traction... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...it : and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know // .' 20 ^f Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 21 Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 548 pages
...Rev. xvi. 10. The kingdom of the beast was full of darkness. LXXXV. Threats. Isa. v. 20. Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness. xxix. 15. Woe to them whose works are in the dark. 1 Cor. iv. 5. The Lord will bring... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 458 pages
...should concur in endeavouring to turn it into ridicule. Woe unto them, says the prophet Isaiah, that cd\ evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light ) and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter I— fheir root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go... | |
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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
