What is man, that he should be clean? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous? Behold, he putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity... Sermons on Several Subjects - Page 47de John Fisher - 1741 - 326 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| 1829 - 1012 pages
...clean ? and lie which ii born of a woman, that he should be righteous? 15 Behold, he putteth no trust In his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his sight. 16 How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water ? 17 I will shew... | |
| 1829 - 598 pages
...p IDJ t6 D'aipi Which is literally rendered in the public version, ' Behold, He ' putteth no trust in his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean ' in his sight.' The majesty and purity of God as the only independent and perfect Being, are described in this manner;... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 472 pages
...is man that he should be clean, and he that is born of a woman that he should be righteous ? Behold the heavens are not clean in His sight, how much more...filthy is man, who drinketh iniquity like water?"* Nor do the Scriptures speak of this corruption as arising only from occasional temptation, or from... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 494 pages
...is man that he should be clean, and he that is born of a woman that he should be righteous ? Behold the heavens are not clean in His sight, how much more...filthy is man, who drinketh iniquity like water?"* Nor do the Scriptures speak of this corruption as arising only from occasional temptation, or from... | |
| Hannah More - 1830 - 574 pages
...is man that he should be clean, and he that is born of a woman that he should be righteous ? Behold the heavens are not clean in His sight, how much more...filthy is man, who drinketh iniquity like water.'* Nor do the Scriptures speak of this corruption as arising only from occasional temptation, or from... | |
| William Ashmead - 1830 - 522 pages
...clean ? and he which is born of a woman, that he should be righteous ? Behold, he putteth DO trust in his saints; yea, the heavens are not clean in his...sight. How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water?" We need not tell you that we propose to-day to treat of the depravity... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 598 pages
...rendered, the operation of his heart is evil. CHAP. n. Texts chiefly of the Old Testament, $c. 445 his saints ; yea, the heavens are not clean in his...sight : How much more abominable and filthy is man, which drinketh iniquity like water ? And no less remarkable is our author's method of managing it.... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 596 pages
...that is born of a woman, that he should be righteous ? Behold he putteth no trust in his saints, and the heavens are not clean in his sight : how much more abominable and filthy is man, that drinketh up iniquity like water !" (Job xv. 14 — 16.) Object. 5. Oh, but if I had that consolation... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 602 pages
...rest of his lime in the lusts of MEN, but to the will of God — Yet above all., that in Job xv. 16. How much more abominable and filthy is MAN WHO DRINKETH INIQUITY LIKE WATER '< Of which more presently. Now what account can be given of these things on Dr. T.'s scheme ? How... | |
| John Philips Potter - 1830 - 360 pages
...expressions, in estimating the meaning of scripture. For example, he will understand the words of Job, " How much more abominable and filthy is man, who drinketh iniquity like water," in as literal a sense as if they were spoken by the less imaginative, and consequently less metaphorical... | |
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