...upon the conviction of an enlightened judgment, we may be ready always to give an answer to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear." l " No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper ; and every tongue that riseth against thee...

...always to give to every man that 1 Rev. xix. 10. 2 1 Peter i. 11, 12. 3 2 Peter i. 19. 4 Rev. i. 3. asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear." l The study of unfulfilled prophecy — if it be a general duty — is not in all cases the immediate...

...trust, to drive or seduce us from it ; " ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear. Having a good conscience, that whereas they speak evil of us as evil-doers, they may be ashamed that...

...lest at any time we should let them slip1;" while we are also admonished to " be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear2." And though the necessity of such preparation be more urgent at some periods than at others,...

...order to enable me, together withothers, as members of the Established Church, " to be ready to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us:" I submit to you, then, the following questions for your solution : Question 1st. " And, by his authority...

...same authority which commands us not to be slothful in business, enjoins us to be ready always to yive an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and reverence,—while no species of knowledge calculated to benefit its members will be neglected,—instruction...

...religion of the gospel, there is evidence of conscious hypocrisy. We are to be always ready to give a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear, and if we are to be always ready to give a reason, we must always have one ; and, if we have one, we shall...

...of the glory of God," Rom. v. 2. When we are exhorted, 1 Pet. iii. 15. to " be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us," I apprehend our faith, or that truth we believe, is that reason, and not our own righteousness or qualifications....

...books confuted ; if we are to be ' ready,' that is, if we are to be qualified c and prepared, ' to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us;' a penetration in abstruse questions, a quickness in philosophical discussion, a critical knowledge...

...confuted ; if we are to be 'ready,' — that is, if we are to be qualified and prepared, — ' to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us,' — a penetration in abstruse questions, a quickness in philosophical discussion, a critical knowledge...