 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 pàgines
...sleeper, and call upon thy God.' Turn or burn ! Pray or perish ! Go on, praying Christian. ' The Lord never said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain.' He who said, ' Behold, he prayeth,' had observed his first breathings for mercy. He was heard. He was... | |
 | 1801 - 530 pàgines
...thou hast to do with a God who heareth prayer, who never forbade thy approach at any hour, and who " never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain." The same author observes, that a censure was passed on that Athenian who, in the true spirit of self-love... | |
 | William Giles - 1804 - 280 pàgines
...with God for the chief of sinners — that he will in no wise cast out them that come to him — that he never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. Under a sense of unworthiness and weakness, he is emboldened, because commanded, to take hold of Jehovah's... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 pàgines
...encouragement to hope that God will answer our prayers, as he did that of Abraham, f . 20. God hath never said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain : and though the blessing may be long delayed, k will come at last ; at least our prayers shall not... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pàgines
...Observe, that those who seek Christ early, nay, all that seek him aright, shall find him ; for he has never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye. me, in vain. It is true, they may be disappointed for a time, but they shall be gratified at last. They may wait,... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 482 pàgines
...aright, we may be sure we shall attain whatsoever is unerring wisdom sees to be good for us [God has " never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain'" 1 —On the contrary, he will " hearken" to our cry with parental tenderness, he will discover to the... | |
 | John Brown - 1813 - 428 pàgines
...of thy destitute kinsman ? " Now I have found him whom my soul loveth.'* Thrice-precious truth, that he never said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. Come, my beloved, let us go into the field ; let us lodge in the villages ; : there will I give thee... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1814 - 374 pàgines
...thine. Lord, still encourage our waiting upon thee. O, encourage us to hope in thy mercy. Thou hast never said to the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain. Let us find, by kind and gracious answers, as well as in the present moment, it is good for us to draw... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pàgines
...come forth from his presence like Moses, shining in his rays. Prayer also is rich in promise ; " I never said to the seed of Jacob, seek " ye me in vain." " The Lord is nigh unto all them " that call upon him, to all them that call upon him in " truth :... | |
 | Samuel Eyles Pierce - 1815 - 644 pàgines
...be fulfilled in its largest meaning and fullest sense. Go on, trusting and waiting on the Lord ; for he never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. There is a time for every purpose of the Lord's to take place, and a season for every- promise to be... | |
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He has never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. 
