 | William Sherlock - 1715 - 474 pages
...their ftrength is firm. They are not in trouhle as other mat, neither are they plagued as other men.- Behold thefe are the ungodly, who profper in the world, they increafe in riches. The Profperity of Bad Men, and the Miferies and Affliftions of the Good, were in thofe Days a great... | |
 | William Sherlock - 1735 - 398 pages
...their Pofterity for their fakes. This the Pfalmift has fome refpedh to in this place, 16, 17, 1 8. v. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, until I went into the Sanftitary of God ; then underftood I their end' Surely thou didft fet them in jlippery places, thou... | |
 | John Towne - 1756 - 410 pages
...was that this profperity was mort and tranfient, and would be foon Succeeded by a terrible reverfe. " When I thought to know " this, it was too painful for me. Until I w went into the fanttuary of God ; then un" derftood I their end. Surely thou didft fet them in flippery... | |
 | Thomas Halyburton - 1756 - 306 pages
...fearch of fuch arguments ; and I found them ; but found not that relief I expefted : Pfalm Ixxiii. 16. When I thought to know this, it -was too painful for me. For, 1 . The moft ftraitning and forcible of thole arguments proceeding upon the abfurdity of the contrary... | |
 | 1765 - 600 pages
...Behold, thefe are the ungodly, -who proffer in the world, they incrcafe in • ricbei. — Jf/hen 1 thought to know this, it was too painful for me ; until I went into the fanfiuary of God; thai underjlood I their end. Surely thou didjl fet them in Jlippcry places : thiu... | |
 | Samuel Richardson - 1768 - 344 pages
...wafhed my hands in innocence; for all the day long have I been plagued and chaftened every morning. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me. Until I went into the fanctuary of God ; then underftood I their end — Thou fhalt 'guide me with thy counfel, and afterward... | |
 | John Barclay - 1776 - 516 pages
...ver. 5. which I iliull leave to every honeft and wife' heart to confider; and pafe on to ver. 16. * When I • thought to know this, it was too painful for me' — or rather, as the margin tells us, according to the Hebrew reading, ' It was labour in/ mine '... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1780 - 318 pages
...inheritance. Amen. SERMON XLIV. The Ways of Providence juftified to Man. HALM LXXIII. II, 1J. Behold thcfe are the ungodly who profper in the world, they increafe in riches. Verily I hare cleanfed my heart in vain, and wafhed my band* in innoceficr. rip HIS complaint of the... | |
 | 1796 - 612 pages
...prosperity of the wicked : Verily, I have cleansed my>heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency : When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; until I went into the sanctuary, then understood I their end." So it has oftea been with the afflicted Christian. The sanctuary... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1793 - 384 pages
...if, 16. If 1 fay, I will fpeak thus ; behold, I fhould offend againfl the generation of thy children. When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me. And Ixxvii. 8, Q, 10. Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promife fail for evermore; hath God... | |
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When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me, Until I went into the sanctuary of God ; then understood I their end. 
