...rude and indecent taking place of them, or anywise irreverent carriage towards them. Luke xiv. 8, 9, Sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden, and he say, Give this man place. 3. A masterly spirit and stiff will, which will not yield to their...

...parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms ; saying unto them, 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit...lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place ; and thou begin with shame...

...any reference. I apprehend that they are taken from the three following passages of • Scripture. [When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit...lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him ; And he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place ; and thou begin with shame...

...come suitable to our case, we must not ascend ; " When thou art bidden to a wedding," says Christ, " sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden." We must imitate the Saviour. He first appeared in the form of a servant; and, when the law comes home...

...hither; than that thou should be put loweu in the presence of the prince, whom thine eyes have seen. (£) When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit...not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable 1nan than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man...

...the highest room, lest a more honorable man than thou be also invited by him. 9 And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man...shame to take the lowest room. 10 But when thou art invited, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say unto...

...affronts, and that humility is the surest method of gaining respect. .""When thou art bidden (said he) of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest...lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him ; and he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place : and thou begin with shame...

...to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms ; saying unto them, " When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a man more honourable than thou be bidden of him ; " And he that bade thee and him, come and say to thee,...

...debasing, that it raised and exalted the person who practised it. " When tlum art bidden (said he) of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honorable man than tliou be bidden of him, and he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give...

...by Titus» a Roman eommander. a Mertti, observedV they ehose out the ehief rooms; saving unto them, 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit...be bidden of him; 9 And he that bade thee and him eome and say to thee, Give this man plaee : and thou ii -.,PI with shame to take the lowest room. 10...