| 1846 - 404 pages
...spiritual good ; but I do cay, it is a difficulty nearly approaching to MI absolute impossibility. " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burnt ?" You pray that you may not be led into temptation ; but every time you mix with these, yos... | |
| John Tricker Conquest - 1846 - 868 pages
...woman a man is brought to a piece of bread : And the adulteress will hunt for the precious life. Î7 ttle, and there a little: 11 For with stammering lips an burnt ? ÏS Can one go upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched ? ïfl So he who gocth iu to Ms... | |
| 1846 - 498 pages
...resnrrection of Jesus Christ! "Can a man take fire into his bosom, and his clothes not be burned 1 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned '." Fire has proved in the • Greek church a dangerous symbol : let our sentimental gentlemen of England... | |
| Charles Simmons - Bible - 1847 - 564 pages
...340. Thf wisdom, of avoiding intoxicating drink, and the tempters and temptations to it. Pr. 6 : 27 Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? Dan. 1 : 8 But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of... | |
| Christianity - 1847 - 1026 pages
...the inspiration of Scripture, its warnings hold true. " Evil communications corrupt good manners." " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? " An expositor who takes infidel or half-infidel critics for his chief guides and standards, is sure... | |
| Saint Ephraem (Syrus) - Theology - 1847 - 486 pages
...loins, that Fire for her incense. Ruth is perhaps called ' a coal' in allusion to I'rov. vi. 27. ' Can one go upon hot coals and his feet not be burned,' &c. In Gen. 38. p. 90. c. he makes Tamarsay, ' Thy Knowledge, [O God,] condemneth me not of a deed... | |
| John Seely Stone - 1848 - 666 pages
...accommodating to these dangers the language of Solomon, when speaking of a peculiar class of perils, " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Can a man go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?" and closing with this reference tto a future... | |
| Robert Blakey - Cognitive science - 1848 - 696 pages
...was to be allowed to escape the lips of any of the members. What strange and innocent simplicity ! " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ?" Dr. Engledue, however, soon rent this thin web of self-security and self-deception, by the mere... | |
| Edmund Gibson - 1848 - 444 pages
...Others, finding or fearing they should not be able to contain in the midst of so great temptations (" for can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ?" f as the Fathers frequently applied it to this case), emasculated themselves, that they might at... | |
| John Seely Stone - Clergy - 1849 - 572 pages
...accommodating to these dangers the language of Solomon, when speaking of a peculiar class of perils, " Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ? Can a man go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned ?" and closing with this reference to a future... | |
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