 | Charles Drelincourt - 1721 - 542 pages
...moft hated, and dreadful of all Diitempers, he trhofe the Plague. We fliould never forget the Reaiori of his Choice, Let us fall now, faith he to the Prophet Gad, into the Hands of the Lord, for his Mercies *re great j and let me not fall into the Hand of Man. all all are Partakers, then are ye Baflards,... | |
 | Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 434 pages
...sent from God, he answered the prophet Gad, " I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14." To apply what has been said to a Spinozist, let us remember that he is obliged by... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...that fent me. 14 And David faid unto<*ad, lam in a GREAT STRAIT : let us FALL now into the the HAND of the LORD (for his MERCIES are great) and let me not FALL into the HAND of Man. 15 So the LORD fent a PESTILENCE upon Ifrael, from the Morning even to the time appointed ; and there... | |
 | John Brailsford - 1776 - 334 pages
...therefore, that David fo ftrenuoufly pronounced the words of the text, " Let us fall now into the hand of " the Lord (for his mercies are great) " and let me not fall into the hand " of man." £ 2 But t 5* I But why need we recur to the experience of former ages, when our own is fufficient... | |
 | James Murray - 1780 - 240 pages
...ON SERMON IX. 2 SAM. xxiv. 14. And David f aid, I am in a great Jl rait : Let me fall into the band of the Lord, for his mercies are great ; and let me not fall into the hands of men. THE King of Ifrael appears now ta have been at his laft fliift : — if he had thought... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1795 - 472 pages
...Vengeance is mine, I will repay, faith the Lord." If I muft be punifiied, " let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for his mercies are great : and let me not fall into the hand of man." -The only vengeance permitted to man is a vengeance of kindnefs and forgivenefs ; the only coals which... | |
 | Joseph Milner - 1800 - 694 pages
...and owned by our elder brethren the Jews! David had juft reafon to fay, " Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hands of mant." Even a converted Jew admits with difficulty, that the grace of God may vifit a Gentile.... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - 1802 - 594 pages
...place, on '2 Sam. xxiv. 14. And David said unto God, I am ma great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man. §As a specimen of his spirit and manner, it may not be amiss here to introduce a brief abstract of... | |
 | Andrew Lee - 1803 - 422 pages
...fellow fervants ; one who knows and pities his weaknefs, though he hath none of his own : " Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man." BUT the apoftle did not ftop with a declaration that the judgment of others did not move him ; he brought... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pages
...heroic and religious fefily, and said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD ; for his mercies [are] great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man. t lj. '. .'So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning even to the time appointed :\... | |
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Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 
