 | Herbert THORNDIKE - 1841 - 466 pages
...matter there in difference. To which I add a third, from St. Paul's words (1 Cor. xi. 16) : " If any man be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the Churches of God." Where, having disputed, by many reasons, that women were to veil their faces at the service of God... | |
 | Edward Bouverie Pusey - Fathers of the church - 1842 - 332 pages
...to them 1 : shewing that He is not introducing any — '• — — thing new. 7. jj. Ver. 16. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the Churches of God. It is then contentiousness to oppose these things, and not any exercise of reason. Notwithstanding, even... | |
 | William Goode - 1842 - 708 pages
...mentioned, we have (as we might expect) in the Scriptures of the Evangelists. Again, the Apostle says, " If any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God." (ib. ver. 16.) Now, to make this observation practically applicable to our times, we must have satisfactory... | |
 | William Goode - Bible - 1842 - 706 pages
...mentioned, we have (as we might expect) in the Scriptures of the Evangelists. Again, the Apostle says, " If any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God." (ib. ver. 16.) Now, to make this observation practically applicable to our times, we must have satisfactory... | |
 | John Shenton Bright - Congregational churches - 1842 - 106 pages
...remembrance of my ways which be in Christ, as I teach every where in every church. —1 Cor.iv. 17. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.—1 Cor. xi. 16. III. They acknowledge Christ as the only Head of the church, and the officers... | |
 | George Edward Biber - Anglo-Catholicism - 1842 - 298 pages
...we maintain divine concord, and the peace of the Lord ; especially since the Apostle saith : ' But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the Church of God.' With patience and firmness we preserve charity of mind, the respect due between colleagues,... | |
 | John Bird Sumner - Bible - 1843 - 562 pages
...if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her ; for her hair is given her for a covering. 16. But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. 1 Chrysostom and Theodoret : " angels having man under their guidance." He quotes Acts xii. 15, and... | |
 | William James E. Bennett - Christian life - 1843 - 420 pages
...certain observances in the Church; and he makes this remark in allusion to it : — " But if any men seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the Churches of God." The answer " we have no such custom," clearly shews that the Churches of that day had customs, had... | |
 | Henry Phibbs Fry - Apostolic succession - 1843 - 290 pages
...doctrines" rise up on all sides of it; each of its doctrines and institutions "' If any man seemeth to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the Churches of God.' The Apostle argues in this manner, Whatever is contrary to the custom received in the Churches, ought... | |
 | William Burkitt - Bible - 1844 - 862 pages
...if a woman have long hair, it ia a glory to her ; for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God. Observe here, 1. Ho1«' our apostle closes his discourse, in which he had reproved the Corinthians,... | |
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But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering. 16 But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God... 
