 | Sir George Everest - 1839 - 164 pàgines
...honour to be, &c. &c. GEORGE EVEREST. LETTER VIII. " And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." i KINGS. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, IT will now be in place to consider that paragraph of the... | |
 | Andrew Gray - 1839 - 508 pàgines
...are indeed engaged in this holy warfare, that counsel which Ahab gave to Benhadad, 1 Kings xx. 1 1, Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off•. Let confident faith be mixed with holy fear, that there may be a sweet mixture of these two, and there... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 458 pàgines
...and asses. 36 And Sarah, my master's wife, '"'vvr. l.ch. 13.2. similar usage occurs 1 Kings 20. 11, ' Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth il off; Heb. As he that openelh it. Ps. 102. 20, ' To loose those that are appointed to death ;' Heb.... | |
 | Edward Bather - 1840 - 586 pàgines
...how alarming also the necessity which urges ! " Let us not be weary of well-doing " yet : nor " let him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." Standing where I do, I cannot hesitate in the choice of a subject of discourse. Neither shall I change... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1856 - 860 pàgines
...and that the Museum will not less be a gainer by the Society. But remembering the sacred caution, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," I will avoid boasting, and be content to promise to do my best. Professor More moved that the thanks... | |
 | 1883 - 498 pàgines
...one is almost sure to aid another, the matter shall be put to the proof. This was the quotation : " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." It is a proverb used, perhaps coined, by the notorious Ahab, King of Israel. How apposite the 170 AHAB'S... | |
 | 1885 - 302 pàgines
...our weapons of war. "Now," said Mr. Freeman, "you are equipped for the field, but 'Let not him hat girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off' (1 Kings xx. 1 1 ). You will have to learn the use of these things, and endure hardness as good soldiers."... | |
 | David Thomas K. Drummond - 1841 - 404 pàgines
...who is found in the face of the enemy fighting hand to hand, and disputing every inch of ground. " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he who putteth it off." The true source of strength in preparation is watching unto prayer. Had the disciples... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1842 - 78 pàgines
...in spirit, in faith, in purity." But " let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off." George Gabriel had, with all his excellencies, certain points of weakness in his character. This his... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 pàgines
...king. And to Ben-hadad's vain glorying in the numbers of his host, Ahab sent this instructive answer, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." If it is folly to presume on God's favour, where He has not promised it ; it is folly also to presume... | |
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Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 
