Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things, ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare... Sunday talk (ed. by C. Church). - Page 70edited by - 1883Full view - About this book
| Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...light." He addressed them in the following remarkable words : " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in aH things ye are too superstitious ; for as I passed...Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I untd you." Divinely inspired men have declared the perfections of God, as far as it i» necessary... | |
| William Savery - Sermons, American - 1808 - 128 pages
...he passed by their altar, how dark they were in the most essential of all sciences. " For (says he) I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious : for as I passed by your altar, I saw this inscription upon it — " To THE UNKNOWN GOD" — and " that God, whom ye ignorantly... | |
| William Savery - Sermons, American - 1808 - 126 pages
...their.altar, how dark they were in the most essential of all sciences. " For (says he) I perceivethat in all things ye are too superstitious : for as I passed by your altar, I saw this inscription upon it—" To THE UNKNOWN GOD"—and "that God, whom ye ignorantly... | |
| Henry St. John Bolingbroke (Viscount) - Great Britain - 1809 - 508 pages
...rewarded him for it." He quotes, in the same place, the reproach that St< Paul made to this people. " Ye men of Athens, I perceive " that in all things...altar with this inscription, ' To the " unknown God." If these were meant for proofs of what he asserts, they were unluckily chosen. Matter of fact is mistaken... | |
| Henry Smith - 1809 - 212 pages
...attributes, which had been communicated to himself at his miraculous conversion. Yc men of Athens, says he, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious....passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an altar zvith this inscription: To the unknozvn God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly ztiorship, him declare I... | |
| Biography - 1809 - 334 pages
...Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, 1 perceive that in all tJùngs ye are too superstitious : for аз I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this in'xription, то тнк UNKNOWN GOD; zckom, therefore, ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.... | |
| 1877 - 588 pages
...the honour.'' 1 Peter iii. 15 — " But sanctify Christ as Lord in your hearts." Acts xvii. '22 — " Ye men of Athens I perceive that in all things ye are very religions. For as I passed by and beheld your objects of worship, I found an altar with this inscription,... | |
| William Paley - Theology - 1810 - 436 pages
...Testimonies, Vol. III. p. 21.) Acts xvii. 22. " Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye...superstitious ; for, as I passed by and beheld your devotions, / found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him... | |
| Thomas Walson - 1810 - 186 pages
...excludes 1 , An ignorant violence ; to be violent for that which we do not understand, Acts. xvii. 23. As I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found...an altar with this inscription, to the unknown God. — . These Athenians were violent in their devotion ; but it might be said to them, as Christ .said... | |
| James Macknight - Bible - 1810 - 452 pages
...very religious. 23. For as I fiassed by and beheld (<re€et<rfutT«) the objects of your worshifi, I found an altar with this inscription : To the unknown God. Whom therefore ye ignorantly ivorshifi, him declare I to you. (No. XXI.) — The true God, whom the apostle affirms the Athenians... | |
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