 | Clement Ellis - 1705 - 494 pages
...Fourfcore. 8. And the Lord commended the ttnjufi Steward, lecaufe he had done wifely ; for the Children of this World are in their generation wifer than the Children of light. 9. And I fey unto you , make to your fehex Friends of the mawmon of ttnrighteottfnejs ; that when ye... | |
 | John Norris - Beatitudes - 1707 - 512 pages
...Intereft fo to do, and they of all Men are the moft confiftent with their Principles : Whence 'tis that the Children of this World are in their Generation Wifer than the Children of Light. So that upon grounds of common Probability, a Good Man can hardly expect any other Treatment from the... | |
 | John Norris - Beatitudes - 1707 - 572 pages
...not. J. NORRI S. DISCOURSE CONCERNING Worldly and Divine Wifdom. VOL. II. Luke 1 6. 8. The Children of this World are in their Generation Wifer than the Children of Light. F all the infinite Follies incident to Mankind, there is none that may more juftly imploy both our... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...not himfelf, in that thing which he alloweth. For whatfoever is not of Faith, is Sin. ' The Children of this World are , in their Generation, wifer than the Children of Light. * Prpv. 9. i2. b Eccl. 7. i2. ' prov. r3. 24. •«. IIS. i05, i30. 'Prov. i4. p. Prov, I5. 2r, 9-... | |
 | John Norris - Christian life - 1733 - 126 pages
...or zos. a Hundred. 2. A Difcourfe concerning Worldly and Divine Wifdom, on Luke id. 8. The Children of this World are in their Generation Wifer than the Children of Light- price 3d. or zos. a Hundred. 3. Religious Singularity difplay'd : Shewing the Neceffity of praftifingthtft... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...fourfcore. 8. And the Lord commended the unjuft Steward, becaufe he had done wifely : for the Children of this World are in their Generation wifer than the Children of Light. 9. And I fay unto you, Make to your felves Friends of the Mammon of Unrighteoufnefs, that when ye fail,... | |
 | Adam Batty - 1739 - 322 pages
...our BleiTed Saviour himfelf declared, that the Children of this World are in their Generation wiJ'er than the Children of Light : Propofe but an earthly...others, the Succefs of the Victor : But not fo with refpect to the Prize of our high Calling ; there are but few, in comparifon, who profefs themfelves... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1745 - 686 pages
...fourfcore. 8 And the Lord commended the unjuft Steward, becaufe he had done wifely : for the Children of this World are in their Generation wifer than the Children of Light. Bill, and fit down quickly, Receipt of it (c), and fit down direffly, and write Seft. 124. another,... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1751 - 452 pages
...IQ, ii, 12. And the Lord commended the unjuft fteward becaufe he had done wifely ; for the children of this -world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. And, I fay unto you, make to yourjehes friends of the mammon of unrighteoufnefs, that when ye fail... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 498 pages
...they he perfuaded though one rofe from the dead, p. 394. SERMON CXXIX. LUKE xvi. 8. For the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. p. 4i5. SERMON CXXX. MATT H. v. 48. Be ye therefore perfeft, even as your FATHER which is in heaven... | |
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And the lord commended the unjuft fteward, becaufe he had done wifely: for the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light. 
