...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...

...necessary, to have a reason for what we believe. We are even commanded to be ready always " to give a reason of the hope " that is in us, with meekness and fear;" and so plain a duty does not require an Apostle's authority to enforce it. It is the right of every...

...every account, proper that we should be so well acquainted with these grounds as to be able to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us with meekness and fear. As to the propriety and importance of giving instructions in the Evidences of Christianity to the students...

...to the meanest understanding 1 , by which we may, as the apostle directs, 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 fear." And thus I have done with my subject, which probably I should not have chosen, if I had not been invited...

...masters of the subject, that we may be able to confound the adversary, " and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." Then will the word of God become a source of edification and refreshment to us, and we shall find that...

...to our proportion of faith; (Rom. xii. 6;) and so advisedly, that we may be ready always, " to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us." (Pet. I. iii. 15.) Seeing therefore, that the hope of the resurrection is openly rejected by some,...

...COLLECTION OF LETTERS word. It does indeed become us to be always ready to give an answer to every one, that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us ; —to contend earnestly for the faith, and against even,- antichristian corruption of it. But the...

...power to answer. Mysterious as are the wonders of redeeming love, we are yet able to give to every one that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, — Jesus Christ is the Mediator, the divinely appointed Mediator, between God and us. \Ve had broken...

...religious freedom, to set forth firmly our own views of religious truth, ' and 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 fear;' yet, believing that every pious, sincere, and upright disciple of every church and sect, is on the...

...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 ; and whereas they backbite us as evil-doers,...