 | John Wesley - Biography - 1786 - 738 pages
...now I fay unto you, refrain from thefe men and let them alone: 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; left haply ye be found even to fight againft God. Then I confidered the Methodifts... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1778 - 508 pages
...Gajnaliel propofed to try the divinity of the Chriltian religion : • Jf this counfel, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought: but, if it be of God, we cannot overthrow it.' ТЫ* naturally leads him to confider, how this divine religion has jnaintained... | |
 | 1784 - 522 pages
...this difcourfe as in the others. Sermon II. Is upon Acts v. 38, 39. If this counfel or this work be if men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it. — In this fermon Mr. White reviews in a very mafterly manner, and fo as to difcover... | |
 | James Beattie - Apologetics - 1786 - 198 pages
...the council, ' Refrain from thefe men, 4 and let them alone ; (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 ;) left * haply ye be found even to fight a* gainft God :' I fay, this advice had... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 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... | |
 | Joseph White - Christianity and other religions - 1789 - 634 pages
...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... | |
 | Soame Jenyns, Charles Nalson Cole - English literature - 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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1795 - 916 pages
...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... | |
 | James Bicheno - Bible - 1794 - 176 pages
...heed — be wife— refrain from thefe men, and let them alone ; 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, left haply ye be found to fight againft God,"* in ftruggling to fupport that which... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1794 - 508 pages
...inheritance, and the uttermoft parts of the earth for thy poiTemon."|| " If this counfel or this work be of men, it will come to nought : 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. .... | |
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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. 
