 Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, 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 found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye...  A View of the Evidences of Christianity - Page 227by William Paley - 1803 - 320 pagesFull view - About this book
 | English literature - 1812 - 702 pages
...nearer to God 5 but this is not what St. Paul himfelf fays that he faw in Athens. His words are—" Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too fuperftiiious;" and, though he hath elfewhere warned the preachers of the Gofpel a gain ft " oppofitions... | |
 | Hannah Neale - Bible - 1813 - 394 pages
...upbraiding them with their idolatries; but, in the most pleasing manner, addressed them as follows : Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious; for, as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, i found an altar with this incription,... | |
 | James Fishback - Apologetics - 1813 - 326 pages
...would know therefore what these tilings mean. Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars-Hill, 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 found an altar with this inscription,... | |
 | William Haygarth - 1814 - 342 pages
...in this ' manner.' 1. 581. The holy Paul.] ' Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill and said, " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious." s See the celebrated cartoon of Raphael. It is much to be lamented that Raphael never... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1875 - 618 pages
...we may well refer him to the scene of old when " Paul stood in the midst of the Areopagus, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are rather superstitious. For, as I was passing along, and was looking at your objects of worship, I found... | |
 | Richard Stack - Bible - 1815 - 328 pages
...admission and worship of new gods was legally sanctioned. Here Paul stood up in the midst, and said, « Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious." The word, here translated superstitious, is frequently used in a more favourable sense... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...hear some new thing. 22. ^[ Then Paul stood in the midst of (the supreme court) Mars-hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too much addicted to the fear of demons. 23. For as I passed alongand beheld the things that ye worship,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 456 pages
...the HOLY SPIRIT, he boldly stood up ia the middle of the Areopagus, and addressed them as follows: " Ye men of Athens, I 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,... | |
 | William Frend - Astronomy - 1820 - 276 pages
...interest to conciliate, should begin his oration by what must disgust every man in the assembly ? " Ye men of. Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious." With what contempt must not the members of the Areopagus have looked upon such a speaker;... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1821 - 786 pages
...been preaching lately against the ceremonies and repetitions uf the Common Prayer, from these words, " Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitions." And to a friend of mine who was saying that some of the foreign churches had abolished... | |
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