 | Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 332 pages
...for." God forgetteth not the cry of the humble. Ps. ix, 12. x, 17. Even when the wicked king Manasseh " humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed unto him ;" we read that God was intreated of him. 2 Chron. xxxiii, 12, 13. The Saviour himself says, not my... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 312 pages
...God forgettetk not the cry of the humble. Ps. ix, 12. x, 17. Even when the wicked king Man;»sseh " humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed unto him j" we read that God ions intreated of him. 2 Chron. xxxiii, 12, 13. The Saviour himself says, not my... | |
 | John Scott (A.M.) - 1823 - 586 pages
...faith in the promised Saviour. The first intimation of any thing hopeful in his case is thus given : " When he was in affliction " he besought the Lord his...of his fathers, " and prayed unto him ; and he was intreated of " him, and heard his supplication." In the subsequent narrative, " his prayer" is repeatedly... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...height, oh the depth, of divine mercy ! After all these prodigies of sin, Manasseh is a convert; ' When he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his...humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers.' How true is that word of the prophet, ' Vexation gives understanding!' The viper, when he is lashed,... | |
 | John Scott (A.M.) - 1823 - 670 pages
...; he had used his authority to induce his people to comply with his abominations ; and, yet, when " in affliction he besought " the Lord his God, and...humbled himself greatly " before the God of his fathers ; he was intreated " of him, and heard his supplication." But the parable, in this chapter, of the... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh, &c. bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his...humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, &c. And God brought him again unto his kingdom, &c. He then took away the strange gods, &c. — 2Chron.... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...the king of Assyria, which took Manasseh, &c. bound him with fetters, and carried him to Babylon. And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his...humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, &c. And God brought him again unto his kingdom, &c. He then took away the strange gods, &c. — 2Chron.... | |
 | 1839 - 248 pages
...height, oh the depth of Divine mercy ! After all these prodigies of sin, Manasseh is a convert : " When he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his...humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers." How true is that word of the prophet, " Vexation gives understanding !" And, Manasseh! even thine iron... | |
 | Robert Robinson - 1824 - 450 pages
...humbled," committed many great crimes against God, and even "shed innocent blood very much :" yet " when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and the Lord heard his supplication." Afflictions from the hand of Providence humble men : but punishments... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825
...'which took Manasseh among the thorns, and bound him with fetters, and carried him to Bahyfon. And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his...himself greatly before the God of his fathers, And he prayed unto him ; and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again... | |
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And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed unto him : and he was intreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom.... 
