| W. Ettrick - 1814 - 584 Seiten
...superstitious fools adore. So Job represents the atheistical impiety of prospering sinners ; - — " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and •what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him i" — Job xxi, 15t 138 ti • • i• • f * lion. *' The Lord... | |
| 1815 - 294 Seiten
...mischief and vanity. They abhor him that speaketh uprightly. They set their mouth against the heavens. They say unto God, depart from us; for we desire not...serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray untohim ? He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten. The fool hath said in his heart, there is... | |
| Robert Hall - 1815 - 260 Seiten
...thuughti { Isa. Ixv. 2, which said unto God, depart trom u» ; and what can the Almighty do for them. Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of...and what profit should we have if we pray unto him; Job xxii. 17, chap. xxi. 11, 14. We will not have this man Jesus to reign over us. The result of their... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1815 - 442 Seiten
...afflicted. "When men take the timbrel, and the harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ, they are apt to say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the...ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him? But when they are holden in cords of affliction, then he showeth them their work and their transgressions,... | |
| Alexander Proudfit - 1815 - 420 Seiten
...or of their instructions being effectual, and they become discouraged ; they are disposed to a*k, " what is the Almighty, that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto him ? Verily we have cleansed our hearts in vain, and washed our hands in innocence." Owing to these and... | |
| 1815 - 614 Seiten
...the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit, should we have, if we pray... | |
| Samuel Spring - 1815 - 262 Seiten
...the salvation of sinners but their own aversion from it. They love themselves supremely and not God. Therefore they say unto God " depart from us for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways." * To pvove that sinners are destitute of the least holy desire to be saved by Christ, is needless... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 Seiten
...himself, and made any overtures of a reconciliation, we insolently rejected the proposal, and said, " Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways." — What a miracle of mercy was it, that we were not left to perish in this chosen and obstinately preferred... | |
| 1815 - 872 Seiten
...sound. 13. They Spend 'their days m prosperity, and quickly go down to 'the grave. !•!•. They say to God depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15. What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have if we pray to... | |
| Samuel Palmer - 1815 - 164 Seiten
...the way of our own hearts, and in the sight of our own eyes, while we have been praetically saying to God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. " We confess, that this, our wickedness, has been aggravated, by all the counsels and warnings,... | |
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