| Matthew Horbery - 1744 - 306 pages
...Heart. Ver. 18. / have seen his ways, and will heal him, &c. Nevertheless he assures us, ver. 20, 21. The wicked are like the troubled Sea, when it cannot rest, whose Waters cast up Mire and Dirt. There is no Peace, saith my God, to the wicked. " he is resolved to abandon; by chiding he shows his... | |
| 1805 - 590 pages
...spirit, as the mariners did to bring Jonah to land ; but the more he strove the more was his spirit like the troubled sea when it cannot rest; whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Sleep departed from him. The force of his conviction, and his fearful looking for of judgment, were... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...He shall enter into peace : they shall rest in their beds, each one -walking in his uprightness. But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. Malachi. Ye have said, It is vain to serve God ; and... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...occasion for joy and ftraise to the fiious Jews in 20 every /ilace, and heal all their grievances. But the wicked [are] like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt ; their guilty conscience shall be a constant source of uneasiness, tike the troubled sea, which can... | |
| Laurence Sterne - 1805 - 470 pages
...his mind, under any character, than of that anxious doubtfulness described by the pro'phet, — That the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire Hnd filth. A second caution against this uniform ground of false hope, in sentence not being executed... | |
| Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...promote genuine permanent contentment. — On, the contrary, whatever men may pretend or imagine, " the wicked are like the troubled sea, when " it cannot rest, whose waters cast forth mire and " dirt. There is no peace saith my God for the " wicked. " Poets and novelists have... | |
| 1805 - 266 pages
...joy, nor taste of inward peace : for " there it no fieace to the wicked," saith the LoRD ; " but they are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest, whose waters cast ufi mite and dirt." If they say, " We ere in peace ; no evil fcha.ll come upon us ; and who will dare... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 pages
...under their sorest trials, that they may difFerence and distinguish themselves from wicked men, who are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt, Is. Ivii. 20. Ah ! what a stir do wicked men make, when they are under the afflicting hand of God !... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...xlvii. 10. Thou hast trusted in thy wickedness. Ver. 1 1. Therefore shall evil come upon thee. lvii. 20. The wicked are like the troubled sea when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. Jer. ii. 19. Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy back slidings shall reprove thee. Jer.... | |
| Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pages
...far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord, and I will heal him. But the wicked are like (he troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt. There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked." — Peace is a welcome blessing at anytime; but how... | |
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