 | 1801 - 530 pages
...next day. But now, even note, was God pleased to speak to my soul by his spirit, in these words, " I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain !" Here I was led to review my calls to these ordinances ; and was powerfully convinced they were from... | |
 | William Mason - 1803 - 402 pages
...misery, and wretchedness : he will speak graciously to you, of his love and salvation in his Son. " I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain : I the Lord speak in righteousness." " Am mighty to save."....Isa. xlv. 19. Ixiii. 1. O the blessedness... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 448 pages
...written, " He will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer." It is written, " I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain." It is written, " The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much." And our great Teacher... | |
 | 530 pages
...duty. We are to pray for all, and leave the event to God ; the prayer will accomplish some purpose. " I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain." JC LYMINGTON. PRINTING. THE art of printing, as it is in Europe, is a modern invention ; it is, indeed,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...vulgar ; nor like the oracles that were tillered with a holli/ia, muttering voice from holes and caves : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain ; / answered the prayers of my people, which idols could not do : I the LORD apeak righteousness, I... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1805 - 192 pages
...efficacious — draws down upon us the divine blessings, being appointed by God as the means thereof. " I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me, in vain." It is no superstition — it is no enthusiasm, to which \ve are urged, when intreated and pressed to... | |
 | 1806 - 416 pages
...skill." But in spiritual concerns, " of a truth God is no respecter of persons. Thus saith the Lord, I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain." The grounds of this difference are obvious. Temporal disappointments may be needful and conducive to... | |
 | James Fisher - 1806 - 352 pages
...so shall we, if, like them, instant in prayer, we wrestle with God through faith in Christ ; for he said not unto the seed of Jacob, " Seek " ye me in vain." Isa. xlv. I Q. And our Lord hath told us, that God will avenge his own elect, who cry unto him day... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...the LORD ; and there is none else. • 1.QI have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain : I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 20 ^f Assemble yourselves, and come... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...shall live that seek the Lord. Prov. viii. 17. Those that seek me early shall find me. Isa. xlv. 19. I said not unto the seed of Jacob, seek ye me in vain. Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good to them that wait for him, to- the soul that seeketh him. Hos. x. 12.... | |
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I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth : I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the Lord speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. 
