...books 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...

...and also the injunction of the apostle to speak the truth in love, and give an answer to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear. It might offend him, because this duty is so obvious to all. In our prayer for heavenly graces, we...

...what we must do to be saved, that we ought to be ready to give an answer to every one that asketh a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear. I also had recourse to the 16th chapter of Luke, showing that when Dives prayed that Lazarus might...

...priests, monks, and bishops, from whom the principal heresies have invariably arisen." ways to give an answer to every man that asketh us, a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear.' We are not to believe every spirit that comes to us in the name of the Lord, but to ' try the spirits,...

...capable of refutation. It is suggested to us by an inspired penman that we should be always ready to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, — this opens out the widest door to satisfactory explanations, and it presents a duty to us. It is...

...upon trust and at secondhand ; and this is too frequent a case : for which reason, I have endeavored to put this doctrine upon a short and sure foot, levelled...fear. And thus I have done with my subject, which prohahly I should not have chosen, if I had not been invited to it by the occasion of this season,...

...realize in experience, and the duties of which we endeavour to exemplify; being "ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear." Let us not be ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, which is the power of God unto salvation; but boldly...

...are at all times able and ready to confirm the faith of our weak brethren, and always ready to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us ; and that with meekness and reverence, having a good conscience ; that whereas they backbite us as...

...action and feeling from principle, that if applied generally, it would render us incapable " of giving an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." Its extreme development is exhibited in that notorious line, " He can't be wrong whose life is in the...

...be able to convince others that this proposition is true. It is necessary to be always ready to give to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us. Let us examine ourselves, whether we are able to do this. Let those who have hitherto built their 3...