| William Cogswell - 1839 - 408 pages
...chap. vii. verse 6, "But I speak this by permission and not of commandment," and verse 25, " I have no commandment of the Lord ; yet I give my judgment...as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." Tho true sense of these passages undoubtedly is, what Dr. Macknight has given, viz. verse... | |
| Saint John Chrysostom - 1839 - 380 pages
...mount on high, he says, [7.] Ver. 25. Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord ; but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. Advancing on his way in regular order, he proceeds next to speak concerning virginity. For... | |
| Saint John Chrysostom - 1839 - 728 pages
...on high, he says, [7.] Ver. 25. Noie concerning virgins, I hare no commandment of the Lord ; but J give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. Advancing on his way in regular order, he proceeds next to speak concerning virginity. For... | |
| James Tate - 1840 - 462 pages
...patient in tribulation, continuing " instant in prayer." Rom. xii. 12. " Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of " the Lord ; yet I give my judgment,...as one that hath " obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. I suppose " therefore that this is good for the present distress ; I " say, that it is good... | |
| Charles G. Finney - 1840 - 286 pages
...I, but the Lord." — " But to the rest speak I, not the Lord." — " Now concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord : yet I give my judgment,...as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful." — "And I think also that I have the Spirit of God." 2 Cor. 8: 8, 10, 11, 17. — "I speak... | |
| Albert Barnes - 1840 - 790 pages
...abide with God. y Ver. 17, 20. Brethren, &c.— See Note, r. 20. VER. 25. Now concerning virgins I have no commandment " of the Lord ; yet I give my judgment,...as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful.* * Ver. 6, 10, 40. a 1 Tim. 1. 12. ?foa> concerning virgins. — This commences the third... | |
| Thomas Maguire - 1840 - 488 pages
...Again, my brethren, 1 refer you to 1st Corinthians, vii, 25 — 2T : " Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord : " yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to !•« faithful." Can you, reverend sii, give better counsel or judgment ? which is "Art thou bound... | |
| 1840 - 644 pages
...>» let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God. 25 Now concerning virgins ° 1 have no commandment of the Lord : yet I give my judgment, as one that* hath obtained mercy of the Lord toe be faithful. 26 I suppose therefore that this is good for the present fdiatresa, I xayt 'that it... | |
| Saint John Henry Newman, John Keble, Richard Hurrell Froude, William Palmer, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Isaac Williams - 1840 - 702 pages
...forward. She recommends much to us, which she does not impose, like a true loving mother, " giving her judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the LORD to be faithful." All that is necessary for enjoying the privileges committed to her, is belief in the Apostles'... | |
| William Nicholson - 1840 - 370 pages
...assent to merely pious opinions, although she may have recommended them to her children, giving her "judgment as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful."4 She acknowledges no human teacher; she calls to her aid no human expositor; her creed and... | |
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