And he who rejecteth false deities and believeth in Allah hath grasped a firm handhold which will never break. ❋ James (2007)
For by this appetite the soul is led or inclined to follow that good which the senses shall approve, or avoid that which they hold evil: his object being good or evil, the one he embraceth, the other he rejecteth; according to that aphorism, Omnia appetunt bonum, all things seek their own good, or at least seeming good. ❋ Unknown (2007)
And when the civil sovereign is an infidel, every one of his own subjects that resisteth him sinneth against the laws of God (for such are the laws of nature), and rejecteth the counsel of the ❋ Unknown (2007)
He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. ❋ Unknown (2006)
But this is that which I say concerning all sorts of men, -- That if an apprehension or persuasion that they are the church or people of God do keep them off from that duty of repentance and reformation which God calls unto, it is a confidence which God rejecteth, and in which they will not prosper. ❋ 1616-1683 (1968)
But God expressly rejecteth not only such duties, but the greatest multitude of them, and their most frequent reiteration, if the heart be not antecedently purified and sanctified, if it be not possessed with the principle of grace and holiness insisted on, Isa. i. ❋ 1616-1683 (1967)
Paul rejecteth any such thought from the hearts of believers: Rom. vi. ❋ 1616-1683 (1966)
However, then, the word in the Scripture may be variously taken, yet here it is, from adjacent circumstances, evidently restrained to such a signification as, in respect of the event, absolutely rejecteth the thing denied. ❋ 1616-1683 (1966)
“He cannot sin” riseth in the assertion of that before expressed, “He sinneth not;” which absolutely rejecteth the gloss that some seek to put upon the words, namely, “That ‘cannot sin’ is no more but ‘cannot sin easily, and cannot sin but as it were with difficulty, such is the antipathy and habitual opposition which they have to sin,’ ” which Mr ❋ 1616-1683 (1966)
Ability of learning and literature; — but God rejecteth both these, as of no use at all to the end and intent of true wisdom indeed. ❋ 1616-1683 (1965)
The Lord bringeth to nought the counsels of nations; and he rejecteth the devices of people, and casteth away the counsels of princes. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
Joseph hath charge of his master's house: rejecteth his mistress's solicitations: is falsely accused by her, and cast into prison, where he hath the charge of all the prisoners. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
He that rejecteth instruction, despiseth his own soul: but he that yieldeth to reproof, possesseth understanding. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
For he that rejecteth wisdom, and discipline, is unhappy: and their hope is vain, and their labours without fruit, and their works unprofitable. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)
