 | A. M - 1797 - 358 pages
...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." The reasoning is excellent, and had the effect been such as the Jewish rulers and modern infidels have... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - Bible - 1801 - 366 pages
...ii. v. 14. ch. iv. v. 4. this work be of men, it will come to naught; but if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it, lest haply ye be found even to fight against God; and to him they all agreed." This is not the language of men who knew the facts declared by the apostles... | |
 | John Dickinson - Constitutional law - 1801 - 650 pages
...for if this council, or this work be of men, it will come to nought; but, if it be of GOD, you cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against GOD." OUR path is very plain. Let us not be inveigled from it, by a mean desire to cover our own faults,... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...if this counsel, or this work, be of men, it will come to nought : 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it : lest haply ye be found even to fight against God. 40 And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded... | |
 | Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...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* The Jewish magistrates, with singular wisdom and moderation, adopted this counsel. The Apostles were... | |
 | John Wesley - Methodism - 1809 - 460 pages
...1739. it THIS COUNSEL OR THIS WORK BE OF MAN, 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. — ACTS V. 38, 39. THE PREFACE. 1 • J/ffHEN at first men began to lay to my charge things which... | |
 | George Buist - Sermons, American - 1809 - 350 pages
...for if this council, 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." THIS was the sage advice of Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, and a man of great reputation, to the Jewish... | |
 | Theophilus Lindsey - Sermons, English - 1810 - 568 pages
...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." A man may therefore be assured that he has not done himself justice in his inquiries concerning God,... | |
 | Paul Wright - 1810 - 508 pages
...if this counsel or tin's work 1 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 : I say, this advice had great weight with them ; which indeed it deserved to have, as a better could... | |
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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. 
