 | Thomas Rees - 1818 - 548 pages
...precepts, are called the elect. You have an instance of the first signification, 1 Cor. i. 26, 27, "You see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise...are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 606 pages
...God is wiser " than men ; and the weakness of God is stronger " than men. For you see your calling, how that not " many wise men after the flesh, not...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... | |
 | 1818 - 896 pages
...the sup* " Ye see your calling,bretliren,liow that not many u-'ae men elfter theßifh,not пишу mighty, not many noble are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of tbe world to confound the porters of the Bible Society), for •nderstanding tbe Scriptures, is... | |
 | Francis Atterbury (bp. of Rochester.) - 1820 - 358 pages
...brethren, (says St. Paul, with that rsapfaa-ta, that becoming freedom of speech in which he excels, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many...are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to cpnfound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1820 - 442 pages
...excellencies : For ye see your calling, brethren, •ho-a that not many wise men after theflesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish — the weak — and the base things of this world, to confound the wise, the mighty, 8cc. And all... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1820 - 440 pages
...others. The apostle appeals to the Corinthians, in respect of the former kind of excellencies: For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after theflesh, not many mighty, net many noble, are called. But God hath chosen the foolish — the weak... | |
 | Isaac Milner - 1820 - 466 pages
...so it has ever been, in every age : " Not many wise," says the Apostle Paul, "not many mighty, and not many noble, are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of this world to confound the things that are... | |
 | Isaac Milner - 1820 - 462 pages
...so it has ever been, in every age : " Not many wise," says the Apostle Paul, "not many mighty, and not many noble, are called ; but God hath chosen the foolish things of this world to confound the wise, and the weak things of this world to confound the things that are... | |
 | Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - 1821 - 418 pages
...composed this church victorious over the world ; " bow that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath...world, to confound the things that are mighty : and hase things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen ; yea, and things which are... | |
 | Jacques Bénigne Bossuet - 1821 - 422 pages
...composed this church victorious , over the world ; " how tiift not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish ^ings of the world, to confound the wise ; and God haflh chosen the weak things of the world, to confound... | |
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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... 
