 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...  Six Discourses on Family Worship - Pàgina 63per Job Orton - 1816 - 119 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 pàgines
...unwilling : on those who feel their dependence upon itself; not on those who sav iu their conduct, ' What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him ?' on those who cheerfully and implicitly subject themselves to... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pàgines
...out in the pride of their hearts, Depart from us, O God, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him ? 2. A second property of a humble soul is this — he overlooks... | |
 | John Fawcett - 1824 - 218 pàgines
...the laws of their Maker. They say unto God, Depart from us ; we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ; and what profit shall we have when we pray to him? If anger be, as Aristotle describes it, a desire to displease those... | |
 | Samuel Walker - 1825 - 286 pàgines
...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 been in the eye of God ! A world... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 pàgines
...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 lip language of the atheists of our... | |
 | Samuel Walker - 1825 - 270 pàgines
...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 been in the eye of God ! A world... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pàgines
...against God : for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be, Rom. viii. 7. What ii th.e Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him í Lo, their good it not in their hand : the counsel of the wicked is far from me. Job s.vi. 15, 1... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1825 - 462 pàgines
...obligations to God. " They say unto him 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 pi-ay unto him ?" The same inspired writer, describing the wicked man and his feelings towards God,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1825 - 310 pàgines
...uttered by the mouth, yet too often'lurks in the hearts of many during their flourishing periods, " Wh;it is the Almighty that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray onto him ?" If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how accessary is it that, by some change... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - 1825 - 388 pàgines
...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... | |
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