| Thomas Chubb - 1732 - 882 pages
...Ver. 12. But the reft fpeak I, not the Lord, &c. Ver. 25, 26. Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, yet I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. Ifuppofe therefore it is good for the prefent diffrejs, I fay, that it is good for a man... | |
| William Bell - 1766 - 370 pages
...reft fpeak /, not the Lord, &t. And " ver. 25.—Now concerning Virgins I have nocom" mandment from the Lord; yet I give my judgment " as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be "faithful." .. ,Upon thefe paflages the Author immediately obferves; " Whether any other of the Apoftles... | |
| William Burgh - 1779 - 302 pages
...apoftles, is evident from what follows. Paul fays to the Corinthians, *' Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord : yet I give my judgment...as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful," i Cor. vii. 25. Here the preacher makes a diftintlion between that effect which the immediate... | |
| William Paley - 1796 - 448 pages
...tribulation, " continuing inftant in prayer." Rom. ch.. xii. vcr. 12. ** Now concerning virgins I have no ** commandment of the Lord ; yet I give " my judgment...one that hath obtained «* mercy of the Lord to be faithful. I fup" pofe therefore that this is good for the " prefent diftrefs; 1 fay, that it is good... | |
| 1802 - 374 pages
...Brethren, let every man wherein he is called, therein abide With God. 25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord, yet I give my judgment,...as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26 1 suppose, therefore, that this is good lor the present distress; I say, that it is good... | |
| 1804 - 476 pages
...Brethren, let every man wherein he is called, therein abide with God. 25 Now, concerning virgins, I have no commandment of the Lord : yet I give my judgment,...as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. 26 I suppose, therefore, that this is good for the present distress ; / say, that it is good... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...sakes, to do that, which is unworthy of your Christian profession. VII. 25 Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord : yet I give my judgment,...as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be faithful. Now, as concerning virgins, whether Christian parents ought to keep them at home in an unmarried... | |
| 1810 - 616 pages
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| Bernardin de Saint-Pierre - 1809 - 602 pages
...positively, in his first Epistle to the Corinthians, vii. 25, 26. " Now concerning virgins, " I have no commandment of the Lord : yet I give " my judgment...one that hath obtained mercy of *' the Lord to be faithful. I suppose therefore that '' this is»good for the present distress, that it is " good for... | |
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