...this right, or reprove us for using it, ought to be suspected of being destitute of the Spirit, for the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets, 1 Cor. xiv. 32. Thus are we to judge of the preacher's experience, doctrine, power, usefulness, conversation, life,...

...full exercise of their own reason and prudence, may give light to that passage of the apostle Paul, " The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets," 1 Cor. xiv. 32 ; or, as virora<T<«r<H may perhaps be more justly rendered, are under the direction of, or are to...

...himself in detached quantities, and is modified by the human substance, by which be is kept alive. ' The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets.' 1 Cor. xiv. 32. The Holy Ghost may be 'quenched,' or go out, from the grossness of the material to which he ia applied,...

...III. He shall not speak of himself, but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak. John, xvi. 13. The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets. 1 Cor. xiv. 32. Quench not the Spirit. tThess. 1. 19. " , If we may judge of a tree by its fruits, the first class...

...Prophet in the New Testament, as in the Old, is further manifest from the language of the Apostle : " calamity, nor have laid hands on their substance in the day of their cala Now in the passage of John's First Epistle, under consideration, the church is required to try those...

...growth of a vegetable, or the functions of a magnet. But not so the apostle. WJiy ? Because, as he says, the spirits of the prophets, are subject to the prophets, 1 Cor. 14: 32. Indeed ? Then they are not mere involuntary, unconscious instruments. They still remain, while...

...judgment of a General Council doth far outweigh the judgment of the Pope. For the Scripture saith : " the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets." (1 Cor. xiv. 32.) It doth not say to Peter, nor to the Pope, nor to any one; but to " the prophets," that is, to a company...

...this world ; a doctrine, which is not very plainly taught, if taught at all, in the holy Scriptures. " The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets." (1 Cor. 14: 32.) This would be still true, if the prophet were on the throne of the world ; and it would be...

...mere unconscious instruments, how can that be true which the apostle says, when he declares, that " the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets ?" 1 Cor. 14: 32. According to Paul, men are accountable for the manner in which they employ the gift of prophecy....

...mere unconscious instruments, how can that be true which the apostle says, when he declares, that " the spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets ?" 1 Cor. 14 : 32. According to Paul, men are accountable for the manner in which they exercise the gift of prophecy....