 They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray...  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Seite 1771842Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Timothy Dwight - 1819 - 616 Seiten
...VOL. V. SERMON CXLIII. THE ORDINARY MEANS OF GRACE. THE OBJECTIONS TO PRAYER CONSIDERED. JOB xxi. lb. is the Almighty, that we should serve him; and what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him? THE five first subjects, originally proposed as themes of discourse concerning the duty of prayer,... | |
 | 1819 - 948 Seiten
...grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 on, should we have.if we pray unto him ? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand : the counselof the wicked... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 526 Seiten
...uttered by the mouth, yet too often lurks in the hearts of many, during their flourishing periods, What is the Almighty that we should serve him ; and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him? If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 404 Seiten
...uttered by the mouth, yet too often lurks in the hearts of many, during their nourishing periods : What is the Almighty that we should serve him ; and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary... | |
 | James Inglis - 1820 - 406 Seiten
...it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of Hosts?"* "What is the Almighty that we should serve him? and what profit should we have if we pray unto him?"f Such expressed or implied, is the language of multitudes. But... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 Seiten
...day. " They spend their days in wealth,'' says Job, " Therefore they say unto God depart from us ; what is the Almighty that we should serve him ; and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him?" But are real saints ready to be ensnared into such sins by the influence of riches ? Saints have flesh... | |
 | Moral essays - 1821 - 188 Seiten
...uttered by the mouth, yet too often lurks in the hearts of many during thejr flourishing periods. " What is the Almighty that we should serve him, and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ?" ' Jf such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary... | |
 | 1822 - 746 Seiten
...which they are eager to escape ; and the sentiment of the heart, if put into language, would be, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ; and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him?" But he who has been regenerated, aspires to an intimate fellowship with the Father and with his Son... | |
 | Abraham Booth - 1822 - 280 Seiten
...in the book of Job, who say to God, ' Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?'* Neither the commands of the divine law, though the strictest... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 498 Seiten
...uttered by the mouth, yet too often lurks in the hearts of many, during their flourishing periods, What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and 'what profit should we have, if we pray unto Mm ? If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary... | |
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