 | William Bullock (of Halifax, N.S.) - 1826 - 218 pàgines
...by their own consciences. How well he succeeded we may judge from the language it called forth — And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...not hear ; THEREFORE, is this distress come upon us. There is a power in conscience, when once she hath been wounded by premeditated sin, which no subtlety... | |
 | John Owen - 1826 - 584 pàgines
...deal with him in all severity. So was it with Joseph's brethren, in their distresses, Gen. xlii. 21. ' They said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us.' And ver. 22. ' Behold his blood is required.' Their distress revives a deep, perplexing sense of the... | |
 | 1874 - 352 pàgines
...Again, sanctified affliction brings us to see our true sinnership. The brethren of Joseph felt this when "they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning...not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us." It also puts our faith to the test. The Lord suffered the children of Israel to hunger, and then wondrously... | |
 | Eli Meeker - 1827 - 410 pàgines
...retaliation and vengeance on its own head. Let us attend to the confession of the brethren of Joseph. And they said one to another, We are verily guilty...not hear : therefore is this distress come upon us. And Keuben answered them, saying, spake not 1 unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child : and... | |
 | Job (the patriarch), John Fry - 1827 - 630 pàgines
...brethren of Joseph, when their conscience told them that God had visited upon them their iniquity: " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us." But Job had not only no accusing conscience in this respect, but could boast an exemplary conduct through... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1827 - 516 pàgines
...himself, whom they knew not, and of whom they could not suspect that he understood their language. " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...not hear. Therefore is this distress come upon us." A well instructed conscience also anticipates the sentence which will finally be pronounced upon unrepented... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pàgines
...hostage, and the rest go home and fetch their youngest brother, they made the following reflection one to another. " We are verily guilty concerning...he besought us, and we Would not hear; therefore, behold also, his blood is required." — Their conscience, being awakened by the afflictions which... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 734 pàgines
...occurrences which bore no resemblance to their ill-treatment of Joseph, they discovered their wickedness, and said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...not hear: therefore is this distress come upon us." Well did this contrition prepare them for understanding and obeying the injunction which Joseph afterwards... | |
 | Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 738 pàgines
...occurrences which bore no resemblance to their ill-treatment of Joseph, they discovered their wickedness, and said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning...not hear : therefore is this distress come upon us." Well did this contrition prepare them for understanding and obeying the injunction which Joseph afterwards... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 pàgines
...guilt and horror, and they mutually upbraid and reproach each other with their barbarity, " saying one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our...not hear : therefore is this distress come upon us. And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, do not sin against the child, and ye... | |
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And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us. 
