His heart is bold when he seeth the battle array, he permitteth none to sit down behind.
If it were so that we ought to pitch upon the church’s custom, yet (that I may speak with Mr Hooker) the law of common indulgence permitteth us to think of our own customs as half a thought better than the customs of others.
He saith, that it is the privilege of God to appoint an extraordinary day of rest, so that he permitteth not power to the church for appointing a set, constant, and anniversary day of rest, for such a day becometh an ordinary day of rest.
It is likewise holden by schoolmen,(961) that it is a law which permitteth something indifferent, as well as it which commandeth some virtue, or forbiddeth some vice.
Sidenote 155: Why God permitteth somtimes his owne souldiers to fail in batel.
For what causes God permitteththis his distribution to be troubled, and the realmes of auncient nations to be possessed of strangiers, I delay at this time to intreate.
That is, I am not afraid of your false gods, which cannot hurt me, except GOD permitteth it, or is pleased to afflict me himself.
Though he causeth not sin, he knoweth why he permitteth it.
God himself loveth the substance or person more than the holiness; for he continueth the persons of men and devils, when he permitteth the holiness to perish, or giveth it not.
It is a mercy to some men, that God permitteth them to fall into some open, scandalous sin, which may tend to humble them, who would not have been humbled nor convinced by heart-sins alone.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "permitteth" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
