Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. The Mid-west Quarterly - Page 2881916Full view - About this book
| 1803 - 818 pages
...and of one who is actuated by the spirit of him who said, "but Í sasr unto >ou, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also, &c." I will not, Sir, descend to particulars in affixing limits to your general principles,... | |
| Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...it has been said, an eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth. But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, * Mattb. v. 31,32.... | |
| Francis Quarles - Consolation - 1807 - 410 pages
...also stretch out mine hand upon Edom, and will cut off man and beast from it. Matth. v. 39. Resist not evil ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Matth. xxvi. 52. All that take up thestvord shall perish by the sword. His Soliloquy.... | |
| Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 648 pages
...occasion shows that the precept which he delivered in the sermon upon the mount, Matt. v. 39> " Resist not evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also," was not intended to be taken literally, • and that it means no more than that Christians,... | |
| Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 684 pages
...rather, " the evil one" meaning such injurious persons as are mentioned in the two following verses ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. In this and the following verses, the expressions are after the eastern manner, and... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but -whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. Ye have heard the gloss of the Scribes and Pharisees, warranting retaliation of injuries,... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 648 pages
...hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. These and the following precepts must not, indeed, be understood literally ; as that... | |
| Anthony Freston - Sermons - 1809 - 272 pages
...disciples the like injunctions of submission to persecution, and even to death itself: " Resist not " evil, but whosoever shall smite thee on the " right cheek, turn to him the other also." " And if any man will sue thee at the law, " and take away thy coat, let him have... | |
| William Paley - Theology - 1810 - 436 pages
...This, and nothing else, is the character designed in the following remarkable passages : " Resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also : and if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy... | |
| William Paley - 1811 - 416 pages
...This and nothing else, is the character designed in the following remarkable passages : " Resist not evil ; but whosoever shall smite thee on the right cheek, turn to him the other also: and if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke... | |
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