| Joseph Fincher - Providence and government of God - 1829 - 442 pages
...waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry. Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,...perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devo-. tions, I found an altar with this inscription, To the unknown... | |
| Richard Biscoe - 1829 - 638 pages
...Westminster-hall or the house of lords is with us. The speech St. Paul makes to them in this place begins thus ; Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious* . That person must be a great stranger b Philip. 4, pr. et Philip. ip 16, A. c Paul disputed in the... | |
| Robert Taylor - Free thinkers and freethought - 1829 - 466 pages
...perceive that ye are exceedingly addicted to the worship of demons." 3. ARCHBISHOP NEWCOMB'S VERSION. " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are somewhat too religious." 4. COMMON VERSION. " Ye men of Athens, 1 perceive that in all things ye are... | |
| Jesse Torrey - Ethics - 1830 - 336 pages
...commandment, that ye love one another as I have loved you. SECTION II. Instructions of Paul the Jlpostle. \ Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars hill, and said,...perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, 1 found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN... | |
| William Paley - Sermons - 1830 - 378 pages
...and Heathen Testimonies, Vol. III. p. 21.) Acts xvii. 22. ' Then Paul stood in the midst of Marshill, 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 f mind an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNO... | |
| Asia - 1836 - 664 pages
...of those Athenians who fell in the batUcof Marathon," and temples glittering around him, exclaim : " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious!" The temple of the Eumenides was below him, the Parthenon of Minerva facing him above; before him rose... | |
| United States Anti-masonic Convention, Philadelphia - Freemasonry - 1830 - 192 pages
...Amens, were charged with it by the apostle Paul. He said, when he stood in the midst of Mars' Hill, " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are» too superstitious. I found an altar with this inscription, 'To THE UNKNOwN GOD.'" When the light of the gospel spread... | |
| Sunday schools - 1830 - 410 pages
...the very spot at Athens where that great Apostle had stood, when he began that admirable sermon — "Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious;" coming from a land so distant, I may call myself called upon, not to philosophise or theorise, but... | |
| John Brewster - Bible - 1830 - 602 pages
...expressive of the sublimity of his thoughts) and addressed them in the language of their own orators, " Men of Athens ! I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious." It has been observed, that this expression will bear a softer sense than our translation implies ;... | |
| William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) - 1831 - 542 pages
...said, Almost thou jwrsuadest me to be a Christian. SERMON XI. St. Paul at Athens. ACTS xvii. 22,23. Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said,...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 I'NKNOH'N... | |
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