| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1796 - 426 pages
...refrain from thefe men, and let them alone ; for if this counfel, or this work, be of men, it v. ill come to nought ; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, left haply ye bf found teftmit. even to fight againft God." ТЫ« advice the council tionfollowed. But is it poffible... | |
| Gilbert Wakefield - Christianity - 1797 - 106 pages
...unto you, REFRAIN FROM " THESE MEN, AND LET THEM ALONE : :" for, if this counfel, or this work, be of " men, it will come to nought ; but, if it " be...ye cannot overthrow it : left " haply ye be found to fight even againft " God. And to him they agreed." Can you tell me, Sir ! what fenatorial decifion... | |
| A. M - 1797 - 358 pages
...now I say unto you, 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 reasoning is excellent,... | |
| William Kingsbury - 1798 - 64 pages
...you, " refrain from thefe men, and let them alone ; " for if this counfel, or this work, be of man, it " will come to nought : but if it be of God ye " cannot overthrow it, left haply ye be found ff to fight againft God." But if, through the mifreprefentations of pride^ envy, miftake, or bigoted... | |
| Jeremiah Jones - 1798 - 486 pages
...Gamaliel, A6ts v. 38, 39, Refrain from thefe men, andlet them '.alone ; for if this counfel or this work be of men, it will come to nought; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, is here afcribed to Nicodemus, Ch. V. And though the inftances which Gamaliel... | |
| Champions - 1800 - 462 pages
...let them alone ; (for if this coun' fel or this work be of men, it will come to ' nought -r but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow ' it ;) left haply ye be found even to fight againft ' God :' I fay, this advice had great weight with them ; which indeed it deferved to have, as a better could... | |
| John Dickinson - United States - 1801 - 450 pages
...their CREATION. " Refrain from these men, and let them alone ; for if this council, or this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but, if it be of GOD, you cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against GOD." OUR path is very plain.... | |
| Religion - 1815 - 892 pages
...succeed. " Nothing better," replied Luther instantly, " than the advice of Gamaliel, ' If this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God, ye cannot resist it.' The Emperor and the Princes may inform the Pope, (and we too can inform Mr. North)... | |
| Robert Barclay - 1803 - 176 pages
...unto you, Refrain from $• 38.39 thefe men, and let them alone; for if this counfel, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God,...left haply ye be found even to fight againft God. Q. What command giveth Chrjfl to his people under the gofpel, in relation to this matter ? How doth... | |
| John Brown - 1803 - 272 pages
...©BJECT. VI. " Gamaliel's counfel, " Refrain " from thcfe men, and let them alone; for if this *' work be of men it will come to nought, but if it " be of God ye cannot overthrow it,'' was certainly prudent; and Gallic's conduct, who cared for no tiifputes relative... | |
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