 | Charles Henry Bromby (bp. of Tasmania.) - 1846 - Počet stránok 166
...the authority of any man, but testing their veracity by'the only standard of God's infallible word, " to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good." e Let us then call to mind some passages which undoubtedly have exclusive reference to the final advent.... | |
 | Thomas Powell (Wesleyan Minister.) - 1846 - Počet stránok 376
...without proofs ; and Dissenters have not. We have learned from zvery old Dissenter from these gentlemen, to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good." Dr. Hook proclaimed that the spiritual descent of " every bishop, priest, and deacon, was evident to... | |
 | John Jortin - 1847 - Počet stránok 212
...Thomas Paine himself not excepted. It becomes us to inquire to what point our course is tending — to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good." Far be it from me to discourage progress. There is enough for us all to learn. But there are some great... | |
 | Protestant association - 1847 - Počet stránok 208
...unanimous consent of the Fathers." E. Do the Scriptures prove this opinion ? T. No; for it enjoins us to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good" (1 Thess. v. 21) ; and says, " Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they... | |
 | David Everard Ford - 1848 - Počet stránok 134
...fearful by far, is the condition of the trifler, who when commanded by the Judge of the whole earth, to " prove all things," and to " hold fast that which is good," and possessing, at the same time, a reasonable mind, capable of estimating evidence, and of ascertaining... | |
 | 1848 - Počet stránok 602
...to come among them as an expounder of what he imagines to be the deep things of God. We are exhorted to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good" — advice which is excellent, and which implies that we are to let all evil, or that which is bad,... | |
 | Edmund Gibson - 1848 - Počet stránok 396
...miracles, by which the truth of these doctrines are advanced or supported : we are directed by the Apostle, "to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good," l Thess. v. 2l ; and " not to believe every spirit, but to try the spirits whether they be of God,"... | |
 | John Downall - 1848 - Počet stránok 64
...instructions of that holy book, receiving its doctrines, and obeying its precepts. We are exhorted to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good." I wish you, therefore, to " prove" the doctrine of Confirmation, or " Laying on of Hands;" and, being... | |
 | American Baptist Publication Society - 1849 - Počet stránok 396
...liberal men who wrote the sacred volume, were not ecclesiastical tyrants ; they wished their readers " to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good;" and they have commended it as a noble disposition, not to believe any thing without examination, and a... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1849 - Počet stránok 594
...scriptures for the warrant both of our religious profession and our religious observances. We are charged to PROVE all things, and to HOLD FAST that which is good. The charge embraces not merely such things as we have not hitherto adopted, but whatever we already... | |
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