 | George Stokes - 1799 - 368 pages
...to such times the words of the Holy Ghost, as spoken by the Prophet, are peculiarly applicable ; " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil,...for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," (Is. v. 20.) Ought we not rather to examine ourselves? — Is there... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...soul be without knowledge, it is not good," Prov. xix. 2. There is a woe pronounced against those " that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter," Isa. v. 20. It is one great and main design of the teachings and... | |
 | Legacy - 1827 - 332 pages
...or branches of the same sentence, and directs us to rest while we can tell three ; as, Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. And especially where there is a sort of opposition between the one... | |
 | William Hone - 1827 - 412 pages
...generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness. Prov. xxx. 12. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness j that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Isaiah^ v. 20. . , , . .. , , . ,... | |
 | 1828 - 398 pages
...from the law and testimony, or the word and doctrine from it, and its spiritual and literal sense. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." Isaiah. v. 20. Those are here denounced •who falsify the Word,... | |
 | Edward Irving - 1828 - 820 pages
...English tongue, and changed the very meaning of words; calling black, white ; and bitter, sweet. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;...for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." 16. The next feature of the times, is "heady," or precipitate, or... | |
 | 1828 - 546 pages
...volume by the Warden of New College. The text considered is the well-known passage, Isaiah v. 20. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." This discourse contains the following observations — observations... | |
 | Lyman Beecher - 1828 - 380 pages
...if we falsify them, and break their force upon our own minds, or the minds of others. " Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness...for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." — " As they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...et the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it. 20 II Wo unto them lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of...their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid n for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! 21 Wo unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their... | |
 | William Lothian - 1828 - 580 pages
...flattering titles to any man, and withstood even Peter to the face, when he was Ui be blamed. " Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" Isa. v. 20. 2. Those who boast of superior wisdom, are often chargeable... | |
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