 | Stephen Charnock - 1699 - 226 pages
...Camer. on Myro in Acts 15. 7. 4. Humility and self-emptiness. Christ chose the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world, to confound the things that are mighty, 1 Cor. 1. 26, 27, that nothing should be attributed to their worth... | |
 | Arminianism - 1848 - 726 pages
...present happiness, we are occasionally reminded of the apostolic declaration, that " God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound those which are mighty." And thus we may perhaps be put to shame, notwithstanding all our privileges, knowledge, and attainments,... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 624 pages
...originally calculated for the plainer part of mankind, by that God, who has Chostn the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things, which aremighty * ; and consequently, that a neglect and contempt of the common... | |
 | William Laurence Brown - Sermons, English - 1803 - 518 pages
...orfooli/haefs, to be unto salvation the power of God, and the wisdom of God, ivbo choosetb the fooli/b, things of this world to confound the wise, and the 'weak things of this world to confound the things that are mighty f. He fees miracles eftablifhed by irrefragable evidence... | |
 | Vicesimus Knox - Apologetics - 1804 - 352 pages
...scarcely any apparent recommendation but effrontery, one is almost tempted to say on the occasion, " God hath chosen the foolish things of this world " to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of " the world to confound the mighty, that no flesh might glory in... | |
 | William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...for in the object on whom its blessings are conferred. ' God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things that are despised,... | |
 | John Fletcher - 1804 - 444 pages
...the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. 'But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things vhioh are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things, which are despised... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...men, were singled out by our Lord. He chose, as the; apostle expresses it, " the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty -f- ; that his religion might not be established by the enticing... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...their knowledge foolish. Ch. xl. 23. 1 Cor. i. 25. The foolishness of God is wiser than men. Ver. 27. God hath chosen the foolish things of this world, to confound the wise. iii. 9. The wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it is written, he taketh the wise irt... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - Congregational churches - 1809 - 418 pages
...will not confess. Not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called; for God hath chosen "the foolish things of this world to confound the wise; the weak things to confound the mighty ; and things which are not, to bring to nought things which... | |
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God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty... 
