| 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... | |
| J. Victor Wilson - 1846 - 334 pages
...sound is in his ears.' — Jobxv. 21. 'Can a man takefo-e in his bosom and his clothes be not burned ? Can one go upon hot coals and his feet not be burned ?' — Prov. vi. 27, 28. For 'wickedness burneth like fire.' — Isa. ix. 5. How well did the Wise... | |
| 1846 - 356 pages
...and hundreds have found it true. ' Can a man take fire into his bosom and his clothes not be burned ? Can one go upon hot coals and his feet not be burned?' And so, my dear boy, you see it is impossible to commit sin without its being foundout sooner or later.... | |
| 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... | |
| Charles Simmons - 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... | |
| Saint Ephraem (Syrus) - 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... | |
| Robert Blakey - 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 - 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... | |
| 1849 - 898 pages
...it is trying work while it is going on ; it is said to be " tried with Jire." (1 Peter i. 7.) And " can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned ?" (Prov. vi. 27, 28.) How much Jess, then, can one go in the midst of the fire, and not feel it? Trial... | |
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