 | William Lothian - 1828 - 580 pages
...continue there a year, and buy and sell and get gain: Whereas ye know not what shall be on the marrow. For ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or that," (James ir. 13, 15.) CHAPTER EIGHTH. AGAINST EATING IDOL SAcRIFIcES. THB Apostle now proceeds to answer... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1828 - 568 pages
...that I have had occasion to observe how strictly the Mussulmans conform to the maxim of St. James, to say, " if the Lord will, we shall live and do this or that." All the Mohammedans whom I have heard speak of their own purposes, or any future contingencies, have... | |
 | 1828 - 484 pages
...how far it will be good for us to proceed in any of our best-intentioned undertakings : we can only say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or that. The Press did not come into effective operation till January 1825. The following Abstract of its labours... | |
 | Reginald Heber - 1828 - 532 pages
...that I have had occasion to observe how strictly the Mussulmans conform to the maxim of St. James, to say, " if the Lord will, we shall live and do this or that.'1 All the Mohammedans whom I have heard speak of their own purposes, or any future contingencies,... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow: for what is your life? It is even a vapour, &c. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall Kve and do this or that James iv. 13—15. If ye call on the Father, &c. pass the time of your sojourning... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pages
...shall be on the morrow ;" but induce him to preface every project with the pious acknowledgment, " If the Lord will, we shall live and do this or that ;" practicnlly owning the agency of his providence in all the contingencies of his affairs ; in every... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye...live, and do this, or that. But now ye rejoice in your boastings : all such rejoicing is evil." Paul speaks of a prosperous journey, by the will of God. Nothing... | |
 | 1829 - 396 pages
...THE ONtV M»MENT SECURED OR PKOMISI D. " Whnt is your life ? it is even a vapor that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away ; for that...the Lord will, we shall live, and do this or that." The folly of presuming upon the future, with the hope ef rightfully improving it, has been shown. Every... | |
 | Charles Forster - 1829 - 544 pages
...109. Say not of any matter, I will surely do this to-morSECT. VIII.] THE KORAN. BIBLE. will go, &c. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this. St. James, iv. 13. 15. For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 538 pages
...be conditionally. We are not sure of the event — it does not depend upon us ; and we ought always to say " If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that." But when we die, we know our return is impossible ; and our friends know it, and weep most of all that... | |
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Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little... 
