...madness by their ruin ; so they that will set their wisdom against him, are like to escape no better. " Let no man deceive himself : if any man among you...knoweth the thoughts of the wise that they are vain." (1 Cor. iii. 18-20.) Object. But would you not have men satisfied of the reason- ] ableness of what...

...but in the power of God." And again : " Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you sceiiieth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that...knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain." Not that human learning is here in itself condemned (for that is good and necessary to "prove all things,"...

...therefore truly sympathize with those that stagger yet at the hard saying of St. Paul, 1 Cor. iii, 18, " Let no man deceive himself; if any man among you seemeth...wise, for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. Where is the wise, where the scholar, where the disputer of this world ? Has not God made...

...much, is ignorant both of the things which he thinks he knoweth, and of his ignorance. Therefore " Let no man deceive himself: If any man among you seemeth...world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise:" (1 Cor. iii. 18:) To be "wise in this world," is the same with that in the words following, "The wisdom...

...much, is ignorant both of the things which he thinks he knoweth, and of his ignorance. Therefore " Let no man deceive himself: If any man among you seemeth...this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise:'7 (1 Cor. iii. 18:) To be "wise in this world," is the same with that in the words following,...

...finding outJ For who hath known the mind of the Lord? Or who buh been his counsellor? Rom. xi. 33. 24. Let no man deceive himself. If any man among you seemeth...wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may he wise. 1 Cor. ш. 18. For if a man thinketh himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth...

...our own natural blindness and folly. There is a treasure of wisdom contained in that one sentence ; If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool, that he may be wise.* Seeing our own ignorance and blindness, is the first step towards having true knowledge. If any man...

...choose to become a fool in the esteem of carnal men, you can never be truly wise. See 1 Cor. iii. 18, " If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world, let him become a fool that he may be wise." Let worldly wise men account you a fool; if you are spiritually wise, wise unto salvation, it matters...

...him * 'Tis observable, that neither Irenseus nor our author add the word bodily, in this quotation. become a fool, that he may be wise. For the wisdom...craftiness." And again : " The Lord knoweth the thoughts of man, that they are vanity." Wherefore as these men plainly have no true wisdom, 'tis utterly impossible...

...refreshment which comes from the presence of the Lord. How needful then is the apostolic injunction ! " If any man among you seemeth to be wise in this world,...wise ; for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God." To become a fool in the signification here intended, is to become rightly and truly humbled...