 | Thomas Chalmers - 1833 - 512 pages
...weep for the child while it was alive : but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, while the child was yet alive, I fasted...God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast 1 Can I brine him back again ? I shall go to him, but he... | |
 | Peter Mackenzie - 1833 - 252 pages
...and ate bread, and said to his astonished servants, who were no doubt surprised at his behaviour, " but now he is dead, wherefore should I fast : —...bring him back again ? — I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me," see 2d Samuel, l?th chapter, from the 20th to the 24th verses. Dear Grandfather,... | |
 | William Jenks - 1836 - 904 pages
...for the child trial,' it teas alive; but when the child was dead thou didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, ' I fasted...God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? stances, dp, that he prayed earnestly for it* life. I in the divine disposal concerning it.r. 23... | |
 | Thomas Tunstall Haverfield - 1835 - 304 pages
...wept : for I said, Who can tell whether the Lord will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." Here is clearly a feeling of religious consolation — his child is gone j... | |
 | Edward Greswell - 1835 - 504 pages
...alive, but rising from the ground, anointing himself, and eating bread, when he knew it was dead : " Now he is dead, wherefore should I " fast ? Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to " him, but he shall not return to me," 2 Sam. xii. 23. The meaning of this declaration is now perceived to be something... | |
 | 1836 - 368 pages
...and washed himself und did eat bread. On being questioned as to the reason of his conduct in this, he said, — " While the child was yet alive, I fasted...God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore shouM I fast ? Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but... | |
 | I.E.N. Molesworth - 1836 - 438 pages
...explained the principle on which he proceeded. While the child lived, he fasted and wept for mercy; but " now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can...I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." But, perhaps, some one will observe, it requires no great penetration to discover... | |
 | John Wesley - 1836 - 582 pages
...Dead. Preached at Epworth, January 11, 1726, at the funeral of John Griffith; a hopeful young man. " Now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him ; but he shall not return to me," 2 Sam. xii, 23. THE resolution of a wise and good man, just recovering the... | |
 | 1837 - 850 pages
...didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept : x for 1 said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to...can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but y he shall not return to me. •" Heb. fasted a fast. 'Chap. xiii. 31. "Heb. do hvrL T Ruth iii. 3.... | |
 | Louis Bonnet - 1837 - 184 pages
...weep for the child while it was alive, but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said while the child was yet alive I fasted...God will be gracious to me that the child may live. But now he is dead, wherefore should I fa«t? Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, * 2 Sam.... | |
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While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return... 
