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
| John Locke - 1824 - 530 Seiten
...:•• . The wicked say. unt,» God, Depart from ns ; 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 •&e pray unto him ?-J-Job \\i. I 1, !:"». •i Who said- unto God, Depart from... | |
| 1824 - 188 Seiten
...uttered by the mouth, yet too often lurks in the heart 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 p" If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary... | |
| Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 652 Seiten
...of aU succeeding ages, ' 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 unto him ? ' Call to mind, I beseech you, how many denunciations of future... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 Seiten
...wisdom, when she thus addresses you, ' 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 ?' It is still less to be wondered at, that you should despise her... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 522 Seiten
...5. 7. vi. 5,6. The wiched say unto God, Depart from us ; for we ;sire 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 ? — Job xxi. 14, 15. Who said unto God, Depart from us : and... | |
| Colin McIver - 1824 - 434 Seiten
...all who will confess them, "but in no wise extends its saving health to such as practically say, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve *' him ? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto *' him ?" But the penitent expresses a different language. He has been... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 538 Seiten
...say unto God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways?' Do they therefore say, ' What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have, should we and our families pray unto him ?' Might not one rather expect, that they... | |
| Henry Forster Burder - 1825 - 388 Seiten
...few words : — " They 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 is there if we pray unto him ?" Is it possible for human language to be more expressive of criminal... | |
| Samuel Walker - 1825 - 270 Seiten
...more insolent tribe, " who say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy way. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ?" Alas ! what a sight must a world of such selfwilled rebels have... | |
| Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 Seiten
...atheists, 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 unto him ? * This is not only the heart and life language, but even the... | |
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