 | Samuel Wilberforce (bp. of Winchester.) - 1839 - 214 pages
...known" (1 Cor. xiii. 12). SERMON IV. THE DANGER OF DEPRAVING THE MORAL SENSE. SERMON IV. ISAIAH, v. 20. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!" THE prophet is bewailing, in this chapter, the general corruption of his nation, and the judgments... | |
 | Thomas Williams - Sermons, American - 1839 - 178 pages
...blessedness, subvert his government and spread darkness and violence through the universe. Shall God say — " Woe unto them, that call evil good and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter ;" and yet shall he not distinguish between the good and the evil, the righteous and the wicked... | |
 | Protestant association - 1855 - 404 pages
..." But wisdom is justified of her children." The prophet's denunciation is too often disregarded, " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! " We are reminded, also, of our Saviour's expostulation with the Pharisees, " Ye are they... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1839 - 966 pages
...UNTO THEM THAT SAY LET THE COUNSEL OF THE HOLY ONE OF ISRAEL DRAW NIGH AND COME, THAT WE MAY KNOW IT ; WOE UNTO THEM THAT CALL EVIL GOOD, AND GOOD EVIL ;...DARKNESS; THAT PUT BITTER FOR SWEET, AND SWEET FOR BITTER."— Itaiak v. 18—20. THE Divine sentiments towards right and wrong every man naturally believes... | |
 | Great Britain - 1840 - 452 pages
...say that such persons love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, is to make ourselves equal with them " that call evil good and good evil, that put darkness...darkness, that put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter." (Isaiah v. 20). And for Churchmen to do so is to set their judgments in direct opposition... | |
 | Alexander Duff - Hinduism - 1839 - 738 pages
...honour, and immortality. To pronounce such an object fanatical, is surely to come under the woe of thom that " call evil good, and good evil ; that put darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter." To pronounce it visionary, is flatly to contradict the united testimonies of past history... | |
 | James William Massie - India - 1840 - 500 pages
...prophets thereof divine for money : and among all classes of them it might be taken up as a lamentation, " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !" Like prince, like people ; the character of the upper classes is for the most part indicative... | |
 | William Sewell - Christian ethics - 1840 - 446 pages
...obliterate distinctions from the world, which, as far as man can see, are necessary to its very existence. " Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter ! Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight !" (Isaiah v.... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pages
...counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know if ! 20 H Wo unto them that cull Jiis wonderful works that he hath done. 5 For he...Jacob, mid appointed a law in Israel, which he command Wo unto thrm that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight ! 22 Wo unto them that... | |
 | 1851 - 592 pages
...and yet what are they, and what is their character and condition before God ? His own words reply : ' Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil ;...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight.' In their case,... | |
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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; That put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; That put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! 
