 | Catherine D'Oyly - 1794 - 748 páginas
...up to his charafter, never lofing fight of what he fuppofed his own intereft. In this fenfe it is, that " the children of this world " are in their generation wifer than the " chitdren of light." The perfons here defcribed, are fuch as this fteward ; men who, difregarding... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1794 - 508 páginas
...betimes. in the morning, equipped for his journey, on his way for the land of Moab. " For the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light." * And there, for the prefent, we mall leave him, with this melancholy, mortifying reflection — that... | |
 | John Hinchliffe - 1796 - 228 páginas
...houfe juftified rather than the other. Page 143 SERMON XI. ST. LUKE, Chapter xvi. Verfe 8. Children of this World are, in their generation, wifer than the Children of Light. ------ Page 161 SERMON XII. EPISTLE to the ROMANS, Chapter iii. Verfe 29; ! Is he the God of the yews... | |
 | George Thompson (of Esk-Bank Academy) - 1798 - 334 páginas
...habits by their polite and facetious Hoft. .WORLDLY WISDOM,— AND WORLDLY INDUSTRY. tcnn JL HE children of this world are, in their generation, wifer than the children of light." Juft fo. Provident ants, cried I, in palling along, ever making honey, or building cells. Drones too,... | |
 | 1801 - 504 páginas
...of his unjnft /reward. Our Saviour, rery natnraUy obferves, upon this parable; that iht children nf this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. The worldly man is vafr)y more diligent, wife and crafty in getting and ufing the things of" this world,... | |
 | Joseph Lathrop - 1801 - 654 páginas
...w^yiy affairs they often exercifc prudence and aQivity, that our Savior once ferved, " the children of this world are, in their generation, wifer than the children of light." Their deadnefs con nils, not in the want, but in the per. veruon of the intellectual powers : And their... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - 1802 - 490 páginas
...faculties are devoted ; his indulgences are facrificed ; his plans are made fubfervient. The children of this world, are in their generation wifer than the children of light (a]. Whofoever them art, who haft . chofeji the favour of God for thine object : receive a leflbn from... | |
 | Joseph Trapp - 1805 - 412 páginas
...he commended him for acting, in his way, with To much forecaft and prudence. Ibid. For the children of this world are, in their generation, wifer than the children of light] The children of this world are they who place their happinefs in the enjoyment of ihis world: the children... | |
 | 1809 - 674 páginas
...fourfcore. And the lord commended the unjufl fteward becaufe he had done wifely : for the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. And I fay unto you, Make to yourfelves friends of the Mammon of unrighteoufnefs, that when ye fail,... | |
 | 1803 - 504 páginas
...; it being an expreffion fynonimous with that of, children of God. As in Luke xvi. 8. "The children of this world are in their generation, wifer than the children of light." — jfahn xii. 36. " While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may \ie children of light."... | |
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And the lord commended the unjuft fteward, becaufe he had done wifely: for the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. 
