 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 454 pages
...should concur in endeavouring to turn it into ridicule. Woe unto them, says the prophet Isaiah, that cd\ evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter I— fheir root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust ; because they... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 456 pages
...fools should concur in endeavouring to turn it into ridicule. Woe unto them, says the prophet Isaiah, that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that fut bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter !•?-> 'Their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 pages
...usually, takes the one for the other, until it falls under that woe denounced by the prophet, Isa. v. 20. Woe unto them, that call evil good, and good evil...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. Ignorance vitiates and corrupts the conscience two ways: either it makes it unnecessarily scrupulous... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...it : and let tile counsel cf the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it .' 20 U nnd Tight for darkness ; tllat put bitter for sweet, and sv;cct for bitter ! 21 Woe unto tlic in that... | |
 | George Pretyman - 1811 - 614 pages
...having corrupt judgements in their minds, whom the Prophet pities, saying, ' Woe unto them that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter (a)' Present things, says a person, are within my reach, but who knows what will be hereafter... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 528 pages
...CONFOUNDING GOOD AJD EVIL. Isaiah v. 20. Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put dar&ness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. THAT man in his preseit state is a corrupt and sinful creature, is too plain to be denied:... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 560 pages
...contribute directly to the sin of others, and bring that woe on themselves, Isa. IT. 2O. ' Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter.* By all these, two fall at once; for the sin of him that commands, counsels &c. does not excuse... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. (p) Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil ; that put. .darkness...darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter. • . (q) Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing which he alloweth. For whatsoever... | |
 | 1810 - 596 pages
...Hypocrite, or Fanatic, are the mildest epithets which will be applied to him ! But what says Jehovah. ? ' Woe unto them that call evil Good, and good Evil ;...for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter tor sweet, and sweet for bitter. He that justitieth the wicked, and he that condeiuneth the just, even... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1813 - 682 pages
...branches of the •ante sentence, and directs us to rest while we can tell three ; as, Woe to them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness...light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for tseet, and sweet for bitter. And especially where there is a sort of opposition between the one and... | |
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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! 
