 | James Beattie - 1786 - 198 pages
...which I may add, fifthly, That the advice given by Gamaliel in the council, ' Refrain from thefe men, 4 and let them alone ; (for if this ' counfel or this...ye cannot overthrow it ;) left * haply ye be found even to fight a* gainft God :' I fay, this advice had great weight with them ; which indeed it deferved... | |
 | 1787 - 618 pages
...of religion : •' Refrain from thefe men, and let them alonej for if this counsel or this woik be of men, it will come to nought : but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it ; left haply ye be found even to fight againft God." The diffenters are'not a fmall body of people ; their minifters are in... | |
 | Joseph White - 1789 - 634 pages
...which chriftianity ftands with the temporal and eternal welfare of mankind. SERMON II. ACTS V. 38, 39; If this Counfel, or this Work, be of Men * it 'will come to nought : but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it. TH E miraculous propagation and final eftablifliment of chriftianity, the triumphs... | |
 | 1793 - 650 pages
...JcwiUi DoAnr, •' Refrain from thefc men, and let them alone: (»r, if this counfel, or this woik, be of men, it will come to nought; but, if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, left happily ye be found tu fight even againß God." Vanity and expence in building, jealoulîrs and difpuies... | |
 | Soame Jenyns, Charles Nalson Cole - 1793 - 606 pages
...High-prieft, defirous of perfecuting the Apoftles, " Let them alone ; " for if this counfel or work be of men, it " will come to nought ; but if it be of God, " ye cannot overthrow it *." v. 38. JOHN VIII. 57, 5'8. w ol 'igjouoi Tsrcos oairov' v.ov\a. STij KTTto... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1794 - 508 pages
...thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermoft parts of the earth for thy poiTemon."|| " If this counfel or this work be of men, it will come...but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it ; left. *jz Tim. i. 12. f 2 Tim. iv. 6, 7, 8. | Co!- i. 26, 27. § Job ix. 4. . j| PfaL ii. 2, 3, 4, 6, 8.... | |
 | 1795 - 916 pages
...profefs to hold in veneration ; they are the joth and 39th verfee of .the jth chapter o'f Acb. " For it this counfel, or this work be of men, it will come to nought : but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it." — But that I may exhibit, (faid Mr Halhed), that unfeigned fubmiflion, which... | |
 | 1796 - 622 pages
...fay unto you, * refrain from thefe men, and let them alone : for if this council ' and this work be of men, it will come to nought; but if it * be of...God, ye cannot overthrow it, left haply ye be found * even to fight againft God.' Mr. Burke has made a thoufand longer fpeeches than this, but never one... | |
 | J. Debrett - 1795 - 754 pages
...all profefs to hold in veneration ; they are «be 3oth and 39* verfes of the fth chapter cf acls : " 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." And here it may not be unreafonable to remark, that Mr. Brothers had actually... | |
 | Henry Francis Offley - 1795 - 70 pages
...I fay unto you refrain from thefe 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, ye cannot overthrow it, left haply ye be found even to fight againft GOD," and the Author himfelf fhould be anfwerable for it. The writer of any Books... | |
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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. 
