| London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 638 pages
...themselves occasion to be deceived, (not heeding Paul's fear, " lest through the serpent's subtilty," their " minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ," 2 Cor. xi. 3;) to which impostures the Popish purgatory, prayer for the dead, invocation of saints, and that which... | |
| American Protestant Association - 1844 - 410 pages
...we might be made the righteousness of God in him? Christian reader, may God preserve us from beins corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. (2 Cor. xi. 3.) these words, ' If any one shall say that the good works of a justified man are so the gifts of God... | |
| William Bridge - 1845 - 482 pages
...saith the apostle, "I fear lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ," 2 Cor. xi. 3. Now if it be so hard a thing to discover these false teachers, and they be so dangerous and * Au0ustini... | |
| William Simcox Bricknell - 1845 - 776 pages
...converts excite my especial regard. I fear "lest as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so their minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." Let the example of the Jesuits in China and Japan, my Missionary Brethren, — let the immediate proof... | |
| Robert Fleming - 1846 - 148 pages
...for this end, the apostle's advice. " Beware," says he, " lest as the serpent beguiled Eve, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." (2 Cor. xi. 3.) Let us not, therefore, hear the instruction that causeth us to err from the words of knowledge (Prov.... | |
| Edwin Hall - 1846 - 460 pages
...Christ is jealous over his people, and fears " lest by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve," so their minds should be " corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.'' Christ's Gospel is jealous over them who are tempted to rely on forms, and holy days ; " lam afraid... | |
| George Nugée - 1848 - 104 pages
...10. And again, " I fear lest by any means, as the Serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ/' 2 Cor. xi. 3. Such as falsehood — " For the Devil is a liar, and the father of lies," John, viii. 44. Even as it... | |
| James Smith - 1885 - 408 pages
...is the ornament and preservative of the church, and therefore Paul was jealous over his Corinthians, lest their minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Cor. xi. 2, 3. with Col: ii. 4, 8. 18—23. A true church is in VITAL union with Christ, and the members are... | |
| Robert Fleming - 1849 - 152 pages
...for this end, the apostle's advice. " Beware," says he, " lest as the serpent beguiled Eve, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ." (2 Cor. xi. 3.) Let us not, therefore, hear the instruction that causeth us to err from the words of knowledge (Prov.... | |
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