 Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.  Sermons Delivered on Various Occasions - Pàgina 342per Lyman Beecher - 1828 - 367 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1848 - 336 pàgines
...but is it so ? we know that usually it is not. Well might the prayer of a wise man be : " Give me not riches, lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?" The very abundance, therefore, of God's gifts to man is so perverted by the cold, hard hearts of... | |
 | 1848 - 642 pàgines
...as well as it does me, "(jive me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee, and say. Who is the Lord ?orlestlbe poor, and steal,and take the name of my God in vain." Prov. xxx. 8, 9. — Old Na " I AM... | |
 | Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1849 - 346 pàgines
...but is it so ? we know that usually it is not. Well might the prayer of a wise man be : " Give me not riches, lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? The very abundance, therefore, of God's gifts to man is so perverted by the cold, hard hearts of... | |
 | 1849 - 314 pàgines
...observation of the world, there is a deep significance and a true philosophy in the prayer of Agur : " Give me neither poverty nor riches .... lest I be full and deny thee .... or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." There are few who do not regard... | |
 | Isaac Dowd Williamson - 1849 - 266 pàgines
...happiness to its possessor. Its peculiar influence upon the character, is set forth in the text. " Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord?" Pride and infidelity, are the besetting sins of those who are in the possession of great wealth. The... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1849 - 696 pàgines
...thus, Prov. xxx. 8, 9, " Give me neither poverty, nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ?" — The smiling world is apt to betray men into pride, and a high conceit of themselves, forgetting... | |
 | William Tait - 1849 - 292 pàgines
...give me neither poverty nor riches." He feared both as being circumstances of temptation—riches, " lest I be full and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord"—poverty, " lest I steal and take the name of my God in vain." * Temptation was dreaded because... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1850 - 900 pàgines
...full to this purpose : " Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, • Who is the Lord T or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." From what hath been said I shall,... | |
 | John Minter Morgan - 1850 - 172 pàgines
...have always deplored, and which Christianity has fully condemned. If the prayer be a proper one, — " Give me neither poverty nor riches,* lest I be full and deny thee, * " Aurea mediocritas."— Eor. Cam., ii. 10. " Molestissimus et occupatissimus, et si profundius inspicias,... | |
 | Lyman Beecher - 1852 - 456 pàgines
...denies that the aversion of rich men to the Gospel, in the primitive age, was produced by anything in the Gospel to which this class of men are peculiarly...I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain ;" — contrasting and deprecating... | |
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