 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...the STATUTES, nor the JUDGMENTS which thou commandedft thy Servant Mofes. Prw. xv. 8. The SACRIFICE of the WICKED^ is an ABOMINATION to the LORD; but the PRAYER of the UPRIGHT is his DELIGHT. 29. The Loan is far from the WICKED, but he heareth the PRAYER of the RIGHTEOUS. xxviii. p. He that... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 428 pages
...his Ear from hearing the Law, even his Prayer fhall be abomination. And Prov. xv. 8. The Sacrifice of the Wicked is an Abomination to the Lord ; but the Prayer of the Upright is his Delight. 2. We muft not prefume to go to God in Prayer, being confcious to ourfelves of having committed any... | |
 | Daniel Wilcox - 1744 - 454 pages
...privilege of coming with acceptance to the throne of grace, and fpreading their cafe before him. ¥be facrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the 'Lord...prayer of the upright is his delight, Prov. xv. 8. He is well pleafcd with their approaches to him ; pities them as a father pities his children ; underftands... | |
 | Stephen Weston (bp. of Exeter.) - 1747 - 540 pages
...Prayer of the Righteous. And Verfe 8. with greater Force of Expreffion and Matter both, The Sacrifice of the Wicked is an Abomination to the Lord ; but the Prayer of the Upright is his Delight. Now to our principal Intent : To remark the Force of our Redeemer's Name, wherein we Chriftians offer... | |
 | Martin Madan - 1780 - 452 pages
...open breach of His law, are totally contradictory to the whole fcripture-chara<£ter of .Goo. The way of the "wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but...the prayer of the upright is His delight. Prov. xv. Q, He that turnetb away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer Jhall be abomination. Prov. xxvih.... | |
 | Martin Madan - 1781 - 454 pages
...open breach of His law, are totally contradictory to the whole fcripture-character of GOD. 'The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight. Prov. xv. 9. He that turneth away his * To fay that He orice did not difallow or difapprove it, but that He has... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...trouble. 7 The lips of the wife difperfe knowledge: but the heart of the foolifh doeth not fo. 8 The facrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord : but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord : but he loveth him that followeth after righteoufnefs.... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1790 - 336 pages
...may offer up our Devotions always in an acceptable » i Cor. xiv. i 6. • Manner. For the Sacrifice of the Wicked is an Abomination to the Lord : but the Prayer of the Upright u his Delight1. * Prov. xv. 8. LECTURE • \o£ » ' — V> ^ , j . ,...1 A LECTURE XXXIV. The Nature... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1801 - 138 pages
...the Spirit ;" praying in the Holy Ghost," and " worshipping in spirit and truth." " The sacri" fice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord : but " the prayer of the upright is Ms delight '." Saul, when a Pharisee, may be supposed to have made long prayers : but these were doubtless... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 636 pages
...beauty and excellence from the difpofition of the worfhipper. Solomon tells us, Prov. xv. 8, " The facrifice of the wicked is an " abomination to the...; but the prayer of the upright " is his delight." How abfurd and contradictory, how difhonorable to God, is it, for the fame perfon to be a zealous worfhipper... | |
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The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. 
