 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 514 pàgines
...Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall be comfort-' ed." Psal. xxxiv. 18. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Isa. Ixi. 1,2. " The Lord hath anointed me. ...to bind up the broken hearted, to comfort all that mourn."... | |
 | William Romaine - 1809 - 316 pàgines
...in dust and ashes. But this is also a good reason for joy in thy God: because the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. He gives to them the knowledge of salvation ; and makes them glad with the joy of his countenance.... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 pàgines
...sin, or, in the language of Scripture, the forgiveness of sins. Psal. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm cii. 17. He [the Lord] will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pàgines
...Great stress is laid upon this humiliation of the soul by the inspired writers. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit," Psalm xxxiv. When Jehovah describes the glory of his Majesty in the sublimest manner, he specifies... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1812 - 406 pàgines
...his saints, and that nothing is acceptable to him without it; Psal. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psal. li. 17. Tlit sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt... | |
 | William Huntington - 1819 - 886 pàgines
...heaven and earth, so that there is no going from his spirit, or fleeing from his presence. He is near to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit Various are the visits that he pays to the children of men; sometimes, he searches Jerusalem as with... | |
 | 1832 - 644 pàgines
...disciples, and offered up prayer unto God. Remember also, for your comfort, that " the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Accept our blessed Lord in those offices which he is graciously willing to perform to all who truly... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 714 pàgines
...disappointment, and inwardly wounded with sin, with divine anger, and the assaults of Satan. But " the Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." O, what a sweet meeting is that, when a feeble worm and an omnipotent Saviour — a condemned criminal... | |
 | 1817 - 436 pàgines
...behold the upright." Ps. xi 7. It also imports that He will manifest his special favour to such : " The Lord is nigh to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Ps. xxxiv. 18. But this promise is more fully expressed in the parallel passage Is. Ivii. 15. " / dwell... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 730 pàgines
...her. God promises to be a present, yea, a very present help in time of trouble, and that he is near to them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. He suffered me to labour and toil in my own strength till I despaired of all help from self, or from... | |
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The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 
