_Now_ As to the next question you proposed, namely, _touching things offered_ Meats sacrificed, and so consecrated; _unto idols_ When the heathen offered sacrifices of such animals as were fit for food, a part of the carcass was burned on the altar, a part was given to the priest or priests, and on... [ Continue Reading ]
_As_, &c. To proceed, therefore, to the question in debate; _concerning the eating of those things that are offered unto idols_ Meats of whatever kind sacrificed to them. _We know that an idol_ Or the supposed deity residing therein; _is nothing_ A mere nominal god, having no real divinity, virtue,... [ Continue Reading ]
_Howbeit, there is not in every man_ In every professing Christian; _that knowledge_ Namely, that there is but one God, and one Lord, and that an idol is nothing, and has no power to defile the meat: some Christian converts may not sufficiently apprehend this, but may imagine there is really some in... [ Continue Reading ]
_But take heed lest this liberty of yours_ To eat indifferently of such meats; _become a stumbling-block_ An occasion of doing what they judge unlawful; _to them that are weak_ Uninformed in the truth, or unsettled as to their knowledge of it. _For if any man see thee_ Whom he believes to have more... [ Continue Reading ]