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. Sermons Preached on Various Occasions - Page 138by John Henry Newman - 1881 - 337 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Fox - 1821 - 420 pages
...convinced them by arguments, as Acts 5. " Let them alone," said he, " 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." So, to Gamaliel the council... | |
| Jared Sparks, Francis William Pitt Greenwood - 1822 - 366 pages
...the Christian taith. 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 overt/trow it. Acts v. 38, 39. Such was the wise counsel of Gamaliel, and it is one object... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1822 - 580 pages
...from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work (the Christian Revelation) be of men, it will come to nought: but if it be of GOD, ye cannot overthrow it: lest haply yc be found even to fight against God." — Acts of the Apottlet,... | |
| 614 pages
...of the same Gamaliel to the Sanhedrim : let thesi men, the Apostles, alone : £ far if this work be of men, it will come to nought, but if it be of God...you cannot overthrow it, lest perhaps you, be found to fight against God. Acts. v. 38. I cannot dismiss your pamphlet, Sir, which is an Exposure, not of... | |
| Hugh Worthington - 1822 - 556 pages
...now I say unto you, 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." " I. Let us consider the... | |
| 1823 - 426 pages
...heed to yourselves what ye intend to do as touching these things 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 toßghl against God."] AMERICA COLONIZATION SOCIETY.... | |
| George Campbell - 1823 - 590 pages
...his apostles. The opinion of Gamaliel * was undoubtedly judicious : If' this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought ; but if it be of God, ye CANNOT overthrow it ; beware, therefore, lest ye be found fighting even against God. To conclude,... | |
| 1823 - 430 pages
...would say, indeed, what was once well said of Christianity itself. " 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 to fight against God." EXTRACT FROM A CHURCH REPORT.... | |
| Benjamin Allen - 1824 - 492 pages
...succeed. " Nothing better," replied Luther instantly, " than the advice of Gamaliel; ' If this work be of men, it will come to nought; but if it be of God, ye cannot resist it.' The emperor and the princes may inform the pope, that I feel perfectly assured... | |
| Elias Carpenter - 1824 - 650 pages
...only saying with Gamaliel, a learned doctor of the law, "If this council, or this work be of " man, 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 ."The great author of this cause, the giver of these... | |
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