| Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall - Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1820 - 540 pages
...it closes. ' When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest place, lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him, and he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place, and thou begin with shame to take the lowest place; but when thou... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 318 pages
...eternally prompting us to expect. When therefore, thou art bidden to a wedding, fays our SAYIOUR,.JU not down in the higheft room, left a more honourable...thou be bidden of him; and he that bade thee and him, cqme and fay to thee, — Give this man place ; and thou begin with fhame to take the lowefl room.... | |
| Thomas Thirlwall - 1803 - 324 pages
...unto them, " When thou art bidden of any man to a wed" ding, sit not down in the highest room ; lest " a more honourable man than thou be bidden " of him ; and he that bade thee and him " come and say to thee,. Give this man placet " and thou begin with shame to take the " lowest room. But when... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1803 - 566 pages
...is eternally prompting us to expect. When therefore, thou art bidden to a wedding, fays our SATIOUR, fit not down -in the higheft room, left a more honourable man thin thou be bidden of him.; and he that bade thee and him, come and fay to thee,, — Give this man... | |
| William Huntington - Death - 1804 - 606 pages
...conie fuitable to our cafe, we muft not afeend : " When diou art. bidden to a wedding," faj s Chrift, " fit not down in the higheft room, left a more honourable man than thou be bidden." We muft imitate the fiaviour. He firffc appeared in the form of a feryant ; and, when the law comes... | |
| James Macknight - Bible - 1804 - 646 pages
...which were bidden, when be marked bow tbey chafe out the chief rooms, faying unto them, 8. When tbou art bidden of any man to a wedding, fit not down in the bighejl room, Itft a more honourable man than tbou be bidden of him ,9. And be that bade tbee and him... | |
| Laurence Sterne - English literature - 1805 - 470 pages
...art bidden to a wedding, says our SAVIoUR, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou, be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee Give this man place :....And thou begin with siiame, to take the loowest room. ........But... | |
| Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...not to be miniftered unto, but to rniniftsr, and to give his life a raufom for many. 5. ...When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, fit not down in...honourable man than thou be bidden of him ; and he that hade thee and him come and fay to thee, Give this man place ; and thou begin with (name to take the... | |
| Episcopal Church - 1806 - 686 pages
...thofc who were bidden, when he marked how they chofe out the chief rooms ; faying unto them, When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, fit not down -in the higheft room, left a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him come and fay to thee, Give... | |
| Ralph Williston - Hymns, English - 1806 - 436 pages
...thou, art bidcU-n of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the hi^'itstroom, lest a more honouruble man than thou, be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee, and liim) come and say to thee, Give this man place: and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.... | |
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