 | George Townsend - 1825 - 680 pages
...that which is your own ? SECTION XXIX. Christ reproves the Pharisees. LUKE xvi. 14—17. Lu. xri. 14. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him. 16. The law and the prophets were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 630 pages
...the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things : and they derided him, xvi. 13,14. And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1825 - 632 pages
...contemptible are crowns and kingdoms in their eyes ! Their judgment is more like to God's than ours is. " That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God." All the world would not hire a saint in heaven to tell one lie, or take the name of God in vain, or... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pages
...тайга 1га»та 'на! oí *ajioaîoi, flXápyupo^wrápjcoVTir *ali(lf¿uxaÙTo'v. Xnd fi« » Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and they derided him. * See on Matt. iii. ver. 7. clause 1. VER. 15. ^ Ка! iTffl» aùroîç- 'T/ulTç ijrrt o! íixa,oD»Tl{... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 376 pages
...vindicated their own more heinous offences ". It was not surprising, therefore, that our Lord should have said unto them, " Ye are they which justify yourselves...esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God k ." 4. Such hypocrites are .still to be found in the bosom of the professing Church of Christ; and... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 608 pages
...This they taught the' people, and hereon they justified themselves, as he chargeth them, Luke xvi. 15. 'Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ;...knoweth your hearts, for that which is highly esteemed amongst men, is abomination in the sight of God ;' as in this sermon he makes it evident. VOL. xi.... | |
 | 1826 - 794 pages
...vers. 10 — 13, which Jesus utters к a kind of commentary on the parable, but also by ver. 14 : " And the Pharisees, also, who were covetous, heard all these things, and they derided him." Would covetous men have derided him for giving prudential maxims, to his disciples î Mosaic Mission.... | |
 | 1847 - 660 pages
...motives and practices should guide christians, either in the pursuit of education, or any other matter, " That which is highly esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God." This Scripture declaration is of more general application, than is usually conceived. In our next paper,... | |
 | Charles Hudson - 1827 - 348 pages
...cannot serve God and mammon," he virtually said, that those who trusted in riches, could not be his true and faithful followers. This was a cutting reproof..."covetous ;" they placed their affections upon the wealth and grandeur of this world; and consequently. they were wounded, and derided him, when he told them,... | |
 | 1827 - 512 pages
...the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all...esteemed among men, is abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until John ; since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every... | |
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Ye are they which justify yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. 
