 Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.  The Works of the Rev. John Wesley - Page 276de John Wesley - 1812Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1818 - 806 pages
...rest upon their accordance with the intentions of Heaven. " If this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it." This is the ground every ingenuous mind must occupy ; for it is here the materials... | |
 | Salem Town - 1818 - 300 pages
...that wise remark of Gamaliel, a doctor of the Jewish law ; " If this council, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought, but if it be of God, ye canno^ overthrow it." Brethren, the design of this address, was said, merely to present the outlines... | |
 | 1820 - 704 pages
...advice : " Refrain from these men, and let them alone : for, if this counsel, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought; but, if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." • The Jewish magistrates,... | |
 | Alexander Allan - 1820 - 264 pages
...Gamaliel said to the Jewish council, is truly applicable to the present case : " If this work be of men it will come to nought ; but if " it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it."* It is true, the opposition made to it is great and formidable, and the steady... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...cautioned them, saying, " Refrain from these men, and let them alone ; for if this work be of umn, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God, ye cannot over throw it."!) » Luke TXIT. K-, 4- Actsii.il. i *ri. it. Hi. -. A<:t» v.3tv39. The Christians... | |
 | 1850 - 444 pages
...counsel : " Refrain from these men anc let them alone ; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God." Mikha conversed with him afterwards,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pages
...these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work (the Christian Revelation) be of men, it will come to nought: but if it be of GOD, ye cannot overthrow it: lest haply yc be found even to fight against God." — Acts of the Apottlet, ch.... | |
 | General Association of New Hampshire - 1821 - 406 pages
...it, "lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. For if this counsel, or this work be of men, it will come to nought : but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it." Whatever plans, great and good men have devised for the benefit of mankind, and... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1822 - 366 pages
...Christian taith. Refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought; but if it be of God, ye cannot overt/trow it. Acts v. 38, 39. Such was the wise counsel of Gamaliel, and it is one object of... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...religion now, as was said of it at its very first foundation, " If this counsel, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought, but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it f." But still we must not be idle. We must use * Isaiah xlix. 23. •f Acts v.... | |
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