 | Thomas Vincent - 1806 - 308 pages
...1 Sam. ii. 24, 30. Nay, my son for it is no good report that I hear : Now the.Lord saith. Be it iar from me, for them that honour me, I will honour :...and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 2, All boasting and vain [rl'jry,and that whether we boast of a false gift, or those gifts which we... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1806 - 406 pages
...the infliction of the punishments. Wherefore honorest thou thy sons above me ? said the man of God. I said, indeed, that thy house, and the house of thy father should walk before me for ever ; but behold the days come that 1 will cut off thine arm, and the arm of thy father's house, that there shall... | |
 | Laurence Howel - 1807 - 588 pages
...of Eli, will be found by experience to be generally adopted in the conduct of Divine Providence. " Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." A large degree of tender affection is due to children ; but if we resign our authority to them, and... | |
 | Richard Steele - 1807 - 238 pages
...choose life that thou and thy seed may live, &c. Deut. xxx. 11, 20. " The Lord GOD of Israel saith, them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed, 1 Sam. ii. 30. "Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart ; for consider how great... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me, saith God. 1 Sam. ii. 30. The Lord saith, them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemedi 2 C'hron. xix. 2. Shouldst thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord, therefore... | |
 | William Penn - 1807 - 394 pages
...gaudy titles, requisite to express this honour. Thus God honours holy men : " They (says the Lord) that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me, shall be t 1 Tim. v. 17. h Philip, ii. 29. ' Heb. xiii. 4. k Esth. vi. 6. ' Esth. viii. 16. "'1 Pet. iii. lightly... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...from the man of God, sent to him for that purpose : The Lord God of Israel sait li, I said indeed thai thy house, and the house of thy father should walk...and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed ; 1 Sam. ii. 30. God meant the honour of the priesthood to the family of F.li : but what! was it in... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...II. Ibid. And honourest thy sons above me. II. 30 / said mdeed that thy house, and the house ofthy father', should walk before me for ever : but now the LORD saith; Be it far from me. I had indeed, at the first institution of the priesthood, truly, though conditionally, decreed, that... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1808 - 542 pages
...symmetry. SECTION 3. HE showed a spirit of forgiveness, and a magnanimity, that do honour to human nature. Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence.... | |
 | 1877 - 588 pages
...dealings "with the children of men. A very remarkable example of this we have in the case of Eli : " I said indeed that thy house and the house of thy...and they that despise Me shall be lightly esteemed." We shall, in the further prosecution of the subject before us, and by Divine help, show — I. The... | |
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I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. 
