| Joshua Dixon (of Leeds.) - 1822 - 250 pages
...shall I g» from thy Spirit ? or, whither shall I flee from thj presence J &c. Ps. cxxxix, 7-10. oa Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God ; and he more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of Tools. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth.... | |
| Rammohun Roy (Raja) - 1823 - 362 pages
...xxi. 3: "To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice." Eccles. v. 1 : " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools. For they consider not that they do evil" It is now left for us to ascertain... | |
| 1823 - 154 pages
...into the house of the Lord. (122 P. 1.) 7. Is great care necessary in going to the house of God .' Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools ; for they consider not that they do evil. (5 Ec. 1.) 8. How did the Psalmist... | |
| John Bunyan - 1823 - 546 pages
...therefore good was the advice of Solomon, "When thou comest into the house of Gotf t let thy words be few, and be more ready to hear, than to offer the sacrifice of fools ;" intimating hereby, that multiplicity of words in.prayer is but the sacrifice of fools: and a ••... | |
| Samuel Stennett - 1823 - 342 pages
...ground, it has received no cultivation whatever. Keep thy foot, says the wise man, when thou goestto the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the saerifice offoolsj We ought to consider before hand5 •what we are about, to look well to... | |
| 1824 - 504 pages
...Tarry behind, while I go and pray yonder. It becomes us to obey the inspired direction, " Keep thy feet when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to offer the sacrifice of fools." But it is time that we should, III. Consider some of the advantages of public social prayer. God is... | |
| John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...they attached no idea of value or importance to any thing else? Public worship requires decorum. " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil. Be not rash with thy mouth, and... | |
| 1824 - 418 pages
...the captive before his Redeemer, the guilty before his Judge, and the sinner before his Sanctifier. " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear than to ofl'er the sacrifice of fools." (Eccles. v. 1.) Such, at least, were the lowly sentiments, which the... | |
| John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...and reverend is his name. — Ps. cxi. 9. I will worship toward thy holy temple. — Ps. cxxxviii. 2. Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God ; and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools, &c. Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter... | |
| John Jones (perpetual curate of Cradley, Worcs.) - 1824 - 104 pages
...Such persons should pause ere they enter the L sanctuary, and listen to the voice of God, who says, " Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give, the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil." Eccles. v, 1. " How dreadful... | |
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