 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 438 pages
...together, and fent them forth, Matth. x. 1.6, 17, 18. Behold I fend you forth as ftteep in the midft of wolves. Be ye therefore wife as ferpents, and harmlefs as doves. But beware of men ; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will fcourge you in their fynagogues.... | |
 | Thomas Gordon - 1751 - 398 pages
...Reafon of Mankind. Behold I fend you forth as Sheep among Wolves : Be ye therefore wife as Serpents, and harmlefs as Doves. But mark me i / would not have you keep to this Behaviour too long. What I direfi now is only for twenty or thirty, or an hundred or two hundred Years, acwrding as you fucceed... | |
 | James Murray - 1764 - 500 pages
...apoftles againfl an abfolute dependence on fuch' extraordinary communications. Behold^ fays he, / fend yeu forth as Jheep among wolves ; be ye therefore wife as ferpents and harmlefs as doves, intimating that, notwithftanding their fpecial call and commifFion, and the extraordinary afliftance... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1799 - 504 pages
...the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that city. Behold I fend you forth as fheep in the midft of wolves. Be ye therefore wife as ferpents and harmlefs as doves. But beware of men ; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will fcourge you in their fynagogues,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pages
...mankind. Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves : Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But mark me : I would not have you keep to this behaviour too long. What I direct now is only for twenty, or thirty, or a hundred, or two hundred years, according as you succeed... | |
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And to convince men the better, lo ! I give you the power of working miracles, whereby the divinity of your mission may be evident to the senses, as well as reason of mankind. Behold, I send you forth as sheep among wolves : Be ye therefore wise as serpents,... 