| Moses Stuart - 1846 - 394 ページ
...better authority, in order to confirm these reasonings. An inspired apostle has directed Christians to prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good. How does he comply with the spirit of this direction, who never examines any views that differ from... | |
| 1846 - 492 ページ
...submission, of intellect and heart, to the authority and will of God ; and then it directs believers to " prove all things, and to hold fast that which is good," — a requisition impossible to a mind entirely uneducated. Then, too, if we read Paul's descriptions... | |
| John Jortin - 1847 - 212 ページ
...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 - 208 ページ
...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... | |
| 1848 - 602 ページ
...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,... | |
| John Downall - 1848 - 64 ページ
...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... | |
| David Everard Ford - 1848 - 134 ページ
...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... | |
| Samuel Dunn - 1852 - 1074 ページ
...! Servile doctrine, indeed ! fit to be addressed to idiots, but an insult to men who are instructed to " prove all things," and to " hold fast that which is good." It has been well observed, that Christianity is not a reorganization'of the principles of man, but... | |
| John Mitchell Mason - 1849 - 594 ページ
...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... | |
| Nicaea 2nd council of - 1849 - 630 ページ
...well authenticated as arguments on points of dispute : — " The Apostolic preaching admonishes us to 'prove all things and to hold fast that which is good.' This must mainly be understood of differences in doctrine, which we are to prove and to taste with... | |
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