 | George Bishop - New England - 1703 - 598 pages
...like those at Berea, who "were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that" respect, have "received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily whether those things were so;" and for calling them "that odd sect called Quakers," it is no more than the... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...Synagogue of the Jews. 11. Thefe were more noble than thofe in < fheffalonica t in that they RECEIVED the WORD with all READINESS of MIND, and SEARCHED the SCRIPTURES daily, whether thofc Things were fo. ii. Therefore many of them BELIEVED: alfo of honourable Women which were Greeks,... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - Faith - 1805 - 258 pages
...Christ so far as he has the means of knowing him, he is in effect a believer. The Bereans received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether those things were so ; therefore, it is said, many of them believed. And had they died while engaged... | |
 | Timothy Kenrick - Bible - 1807 - 538 pages
...These were more noble, " of a better disposition" than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily whether these things were so. The apostle pursued the same method of proof with the Bereans as he had done before with the Thessalonians,... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...synagogue of the Jews. 1 1 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 12 Therefore many of them believed; also of honourable women which were Greeks,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...these base usages. XVII. 1 1 These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so. These Jews of Berea were more ingenuous and better affected, than those of Thessalonica... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Religion - 1808 - 584 pages
...conduct of the Bereans, " These were more noble " than those in Thessalonica, in that they received " the word with all readiness of mind, and searched " the Scriptures daily, whether those things were *' so. Therefore many of them believed^," Their attention, teachableness, impartiality,... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 554 pages
...business : Acts xvii. 1 1. " These were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." This is very much the employment of heaven. The inhabitants of that world spend... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 540 pages
...business: Acts xvii. 11. K These were more noble than those of Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so." This is very much the employment of heaven. The inhabitants of that world spend... | |
 | William Cuninghame - Messiah - 1810 - 220 pages
...known without searching. Accordingly, we read of certain Jews at Berea, in Acts xvii., ' who received the word with all ' readiness of mind, and searched...things were so ; therefore, ' many of them believed. ' This is the temper of mind which best befits feeble and sinful creatures, who are anxious to knojv... | |
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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. 
