Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible... Niagara: A Poem - Page 151by Charles Henry Augustus Bulkley - 1848 - 191 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1818 - 934 pages
...true God. But when they knew him, " they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful ; professing themselves to be wise they became fools, and changed...of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man," &c. But, Secondly, others maintain that man, by a due use of reason, and by contemplating... | |
| Arminianism - 1848 - 726 pages
...When they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful ; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened....themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the gloiy of the incorruptible God into an image, made like to corruptible man, and to birds and four-footed... | |
| Thomas Dick - Atmosphere - 1799 - 200 pages
...homage he required, of the duties they ought to perform, and of their eternal destination. " Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and to four-footed beasts,... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...they glorified him not as God, neither were " thankful, but became Vain in their imao-inato " tions, and their foolish heart was darkened: " professing themselves to be wise, they be." came fools." And even if we suppose, as some have done, that this universal consent of nations... | |
| William Smith - Sermons, American - 1803 - 528 pages
...when they knew God, they glorified " Him not as God, neither were thankful, but became " vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart " was darkened...." they became fools, and changed the glory of the " uncorruptible God, into an image made like to " corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted " beasts,... | |
| John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 454 pages
...ungodliness of the heathen Gentiles, in the first chapter of his epistle to the Romans. He says, " Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools ; and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four- footed beasts... | |
| Theophilus Browne - 1805 - 274 pages
...thanks, but became vain in their reasoning, and their inconsiderate heart was darkened ; professing to be wise they became fools, and changed the glory...the incorruptible God into an image, made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things. Therefore, God on his part... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - Christian life - 1806 - 292 pages
...glorified him not as " God, neither were they thankful, " but became vain in their imagina-* " tions, and their foolish heart was " darkened. Professing...they became fools; and •"changed the glory of the uncor* •. " ruptible '' ruptible God into an image Q£ por"ruptibie man, and to birds, and " beasts,... | |
| Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 492 pages
...as GOD; neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations ; and their foolish hearts were darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became...fools; and changed the glory of the Incorruptible God, into an image made like corruptible man, and to birds,, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things."... | |
| Martin Madan, Juvenal - 1807 - 432 pages
...would make them just, temperate, wise, but rich and pros" pcrous." Thus — " they became vain in their imaginations, and " their foolish heart was darkened...; professing themselves to be " wise, they became fools." Rom. i. 21, 2. 365. You have no (Icily, $c.] If men would act prudently and •wisely, we should... | |
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