 | George Whitefield - Presbyterian Church - 1772 - 452 pages
...be an offence unto you ; and the only reafon why they give fuch advice is, becaufe they " favour not the things that be of GOD, but the things that be of men." , . Whoever, therefore, among you are refolved to ferwe the LORD, prepare your fouls for many... | |
 | Isaac Mann (bp. of Cork and Ross) - 1783 - 456 pages
...Be it far from thee, Lord : this 23 fhall not be unto thee. But he turned, and faid unto Peter, Get thee behind me (/), Satan, thou art an offence unto me : for thou favoureft not the things that be of God, but thofe that be of men. 24 Then faid Jefus unto his difciples,... | |
 | John Farquhar (minister at Nigg.) - 1792 - 464 pages
...of approving an anfwer that, in fome meafure, difcovered affection, he turned to him, and faid, Get thee behind me, Satan, thou art an offence unto me, for thou frcourejl not the things that be of God, but thofe that be of men p. And to mention only one other... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1794 - 610 pages
...Analogous to our Saviour's e^preffion to Peter : ' Get thee behind me Sat/an ; for thpu favoured not the things that be of God, but the things that be of men.' — I Thefl". ii. 18. The Satan that hindered, was, as the context (hews, the oppofition of the... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1795 - 582 pages
...of flefh and blood. But, how doth Chrift entertain it ? He turneth himfelf to Peter, faying, " Get thee behind me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me : 'for thou favourelt not the things that be of God, but thofe that be of men." So, when flefh and blood 'comes... | |
 | Arminianism - 1848 - 726 pages
...his rashness checked, by the severest reproof ever administered to any of our Lord's disciples. " Get thee behind me, Satan : thou art an offence unto me. For thou savourest not the things which be of God, but those that be of men." Then, as Mark informs us, " he called the multitude unto... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1799 - 416 pages
...he earnestly expressed his wish that it might not be so. 23 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. The word ' Satan' means literally, an adversary. It is applied to... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Apologetics - 1799 - 504 pages
...little hazard to himfelf, faid, " This be far from thee, O Lord," Jefus replied, (Matt. xvi. 23) " Get thee behind me, Satan ; thou art an offence unto me : for thou favoureft not the things that be of God, but thofe that be of men." Then, turning to his difciples... | |
 | 310 pages
...ho had turned about and looked on his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan ; for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but the things that be of MEN.' In this lies the whole weight of the censure — Peter was offering his poor thoughts and desires... | |
 | John Evans - Christian life - 1801 - 404 pages
...other times it means to relifh or have an afeflitn for a thing. Ma;, xvi. 23. «' Thou favoureft jiot the things that be of God, but the things that be of men." And Rom. xii. 16. Mind not high :thingi ; affect them not, defire them not. Or, to give preference... | |
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But He turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind Me, Satan : thou art an offence unto Me : for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 
