...not condemn marriage ; but, on the contrary, he not only honoured a marriage with his presence, hut gave it an extraordinary and most miraculous sanction,...they felt as much confidence in the strength of their argument as our objectors do in theirs. And why should they not ? Did he not honour with his presence...

...Objection 8. Jesus Christ himself did not condemn marriage; but on the contrary he not only honored a marriage with his presence, but gave it an extraordinary...most miraculous sanction, by turning water into wine foV the guests to drink. What greater evidence could any any one ask to prove his divine approbation...

...Objection 8. Jesus Christ himself did not condemn marriage; but on the contrary he not only honored a marriage with his presence, but gave it an extraordinary...and most miraculous sanction, by turning water into wrhe for the guests to drink. What greater evidence could any any one ask to prove his divine approbation...

...changing water into wine ; and the standing reproach of the strait-laced Pharisees was — " Behold, a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners !" And to one who understands Hebrew the mistake is palpable, for " Nazarite " is spelt with a zain — ."...

...and ye4 say, 'He hath a demon.' The Son of man hath come eating and drinking ; and ye* say, 'Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! ' And yet wisdom is justified by all her children." SECT. II. Jesus, at the House of Simon the Pharisee,...

...and ye4 say, 'He hath a demon.' The Son of man hath come eating and drinking ; and ye 4 say, 'Behold a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! ' And yet wisdom is justified by all her children." 1 Mai. iii. 1. 2 M. : God, L. > Or, the kingdom of heaven...

...when our Lord came with condescending freedom, " eating and drinking," it was said of him, " Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners :" and in like manner we, " whether we pipe or mourn," are equally unacceptable to our hearers, and obnoxious...

...been His custom. It was (as you will remember) a slanderous accusation against our Lord, that He was a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ; and the ground of the^accusation was, that He did not lead an ascetic life in the wilderness like John...

...drinking, and they said, He hath a devil. The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they said, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. And meanwhile the poor, the ignorant, those whose hearts were really in earnest, were looking out for a...

...and experience of Chinese converts, taken from the "Australian Wesleyan Chronicle," (March, 1867). gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! ' and, ' He casteth out devils through Bee'zebub, the chief of devils.' And though the Son of Man worked mighty...