 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead. * Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come : but woe unto him, through whom they come! It...  Tracts of the Anglican fathers - Page 161de Anglican fathers - 1842Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Dugald Stewart - 1829 - 654 pages
...doctrine of Scripture. " The Judge of the whole earth, shall he not do right 1 " — " It is impossible but that offences will come ; but woe unto him through whom they come." * It is of great importance to attend to the distinction between these two systems, because it is customary... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - 1830 - 484 pages
...the higher upon the lower Orders of Society. 271 " Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come : but woe unto him through...millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into thesea, than that he should offend one of these little ones." — LvJteivli. 1,2. Disc. VIII.— On... | |
 | William Paley - 1830 - 378 pages
...passage in Clement agrees more exactly with Luke xvii. 2 : ' It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea,...than that he should offend one of these little ones.' t Rom. i. 29. gular sentiments in the epistle to the Hebrews. Secondly, that there are many sentences... | |
 | David Booth - 1830 - 516 pages
...useful at home, into a legislature to govern mankind." Burke. " It were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea...than that he should offend one of these little ones." Luke xvii. 2. " Yet soon enforced to fly Thence into Egypt, till the murderous king Were dead, who... | |
 | Henry Walter - 1830 - 648 pages
...done, in the diocese of Norwich. It were better for this unhappy bishop that a mill-stone had been hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should /iave put a stumbling-block in the way of one of Christ's little ones *. But the same Saviour who looked... | |
 | John Fleetwood - 1831 - 676 pages
...nature, and their dreadful punishment. "It is impossible," said he, "but that offences will come : but wo unto him through whom they come. It were better for...than that he should offend one of these little ones." Luke, xvii. I, 2. That is, the children of God, the followers of the Lamb, must meet with disgrace,... | |
 | 1831 - 296 pages
...unto the disciples ; It is impossible but that offences will come ; but woe unto him through whom 3 they come ! It were better for him that a millstone...about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he 3 should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother trespass against... | |
 | David Booth - 1831 - 366 pages
...useful at home, into a legislature to govern mankind." Burke. " It were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea...than that he should offend one of these little ones." Luke, xvii. 2. " Yet soon enforced to fly Thence into Egypt, till the murderous king Were dead, who... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pages
..."Wo to that man through whom the offense cometh. It would have been better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea," than that he should be the means of bringing such an offense into the Church. It is the will and design of God that Christians... | |
 | William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 542 pages
...give peace on earth ? I tell you, nay; but " rather divisions ; g "—and again, " It is im" possible but that offences will come; but " woe unto him through whom they come b ." The same subject is further illustrated in his exquisite parable of the Tares. St. Paul in like... | |
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