...effectually discharge that duty. The Apostle delivers the whole secret in one word, when he ordains — IF ANY MAN SPEAK, LET HIM SPEAK AS THE ORACLES OF GoD. And my present business will be to unfold the meaning of this ujxt, or rather to deduce the consequences...

...reader would have a much fuller account. But this word has often been both a caution and a support: " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth; that God in all things may be...

...part either of the Old or New Testament. Therefore I cannot reconcile it to that express command, " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God." I cannot admire it, because, secondly, it is barbarous in the highest degree ; whatever is peculiar...

...the gift, even so minister the same one to another, asgood stewards of the manifold grace of God. 11. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth, that God in all things may be...

...supreme authority of Holy Scripture, as the rule of faith and the interpreter of its own doctrine. " If any man speak, let " him speak as the oracles of God:" let him, both as to the doctrine and the interpretation, be careful to advance nothing contrary to...

...fellow creatures ? Then surely we ought to cite the Holy Scriptures with accuracy and due attention. If any man speak, let him speak as the Oracles of God. As a specimen of the many texts, which are often misapplied, I will mention a few instances. Many religious...

...Christianity. The apostles used great plainness of speech ; and it is an apostolical injunction, " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God.'* Let his style be plain and clear, like that of the sacred writings; not dark and ambiguous, like the...

...it is confessedly divine." Serra. 2. P. 49. The 3d and 4th Sermons are founded upon the same text, " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God." They explain the authority of Scripture itself as a rule of Faith, and the interpreter of its own doctrines...

...they, may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God ; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth : that God in all things may...

...Scott, of Hull, at Christ Church, Newgate-street, on Thursday morning. May the 4th, from 1 Pet. iv. 11. If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God. The annual meeting was held on the same day, at the Crown and Anchor tavern. The chair was taken by...