Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord. Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap... The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy - Page 176by William Paley - 1788 - 499 pagesFull view - About this book
| Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 620 pages
...Highest f. If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good J." These, and other similar passages of Scripture, are decisive as to the duty of extending... | |
| Daniel Dewar - Christian ethics - 1826 - 692 pages
...Highest f. If thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good J." These, and other similar passages of Scripture, are decisive as to the duty of extending... | |
| John Richards - 1827 - 466 pages
...feed him ; if he i Lev. x. 3. » Matt. v. 43-45. thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."1 David affords a fine example of this forbearance, when Shimei cursed him, as we read... | |
| 1827 - 524 pages
...Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink. For in so doing, thou shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 356 pages
...Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good."§ " I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them lhal hate you, and pray... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 336 pages
...Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; If he thirst, give him drink : for in so doing thou shall heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome, of evil, but overcome evil with good." 4. Mark the power of conscience, and learn to secure its testimony in your favour.... | |
| James Paterson - Atonement - 1828 - 216 pages
...Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing' thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good." All this is truly the language of universal benevolence, and is the very essence of... | |
| William Paley - Theology - 1828 - 610 pages
...therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink : for, in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.'' " Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of... | |
| John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 620 pages
...Therefore, if thine enemy hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.' But it is not in times only of persecution and general distress, that this exhortation... | |
| Unitarian churches - 1846 - 398 pages
...yourselves ; if thine enemy hunger feed him ; if he thirst, give him drink ; for in so doing, thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil vdth good." (Rom. x. 19, 21.) Here, then, we have in the clearest and the fullest terms, the instructions... | |
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