Judge not the preacher, for he is thy judge : If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text and preacheth... The Poetical Works of George Herbert - Page 18by George Herbert, Robert Aris Willmott - 1855 - 315 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jeremy Taylor, John Wheeldon - 1768 - 128 pages
...heav'n or hell. Judge noirthe preacher ; for he is thy judge : If thou miflike him, thou conceiv'ft him not. • God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treafures from an eartken pot. The worftfpeakfomething good: if all want fenfe, God takes a text and... | |
| England - 1882 - 870 pages
...great deliverer's conduct. Notwithstanding quaiut old Herbert's consolation under bad sermons, — "The worst speak something good; if all want sense, God takes a text, and preacbelh patience," — we cannot withhold our pity from congregations who are called on to illustrate... | |
| Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 542 pages
...minister preach, though but of weak parts, but he got some benefit by him. Divine Herbertf saith — -Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen...something good ; if all want sense, God takes a text, aud preacheth patience. But above all, get something out of every chapter you read — dig deep into... | |
| Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...met together To cozen thee. Look to thy actions well : For churches either are our heaven or hell. Judge not the preacher; for he Is thy judge: If thou mislike him, thou conceivest him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen... | |
| Theology - 1834 - 410 pages
...met together To cozen thee. Look to thy actions well ; 'For churches either are our heaven, or hell. Judge not the preacher ; for he is thy judge. If thou...folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthern pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.... | |
| Samuel James Allen - 1835 - 438 pages
...thieves met together To cozen thee. Look to thy action well, For churches either are our heaven or hell. Judge not the preacher, for he is thy judge : If thou...preacheth patience. He that gets patience, and the blessings which Preachers conclude with, hath not lost his pains. He that, by being at church escapes... | |
| 1835 - 444 pages
...together To cozen 2 thee. Look to thy actions well, For churches either are our heav'n or hell. Judge 3 not the preacher ; for he is thy judge. If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st 4 him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot 5 ,... | |
| George Herbert - 1838 - 406 pages
...thieves met together To cozen thee. Look to thy actions well; For churches either are our heaven or hell. Judge not the preacher ; for he is thy Judge : If thou mislike him, thou conceivest him not. God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen... | |
| George Herbert - Christian poetry, English - 1838 - 408 pages
...together , To cozen thee. Look to thy actions well ; For churches either are our heaven or hell. ~ Judge not the preacher ; for he is thy Judge : — If thou mislike him, thou conceivest him not. — God calleth preaching folly. Do not grudge . To pick out treasures from an... | |
| Robert Southey - Children's stories - 1839 - 388 pages
...that sometimes leads me to exchange congregational for solitary worship." The saintly Herbert says, " Judge not the Preacher, for he is thy Judge ; If thou...folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthern pot. 266 The worst speak something good. If all want sense God takes a text and preacheth... | |
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