 | 1817 - 240 pages
...good days ; " Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing ; but, contrary wise, blessing : for he that will love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil." 1 Peter iii. 9, 10. Hear the words of the Lord Jehovah, who is said by Paul, Rom. ix. 5, to be " over... | |
 | Legh Richmond - 1817 - 806 pages
...trouble ; I will deliver him, and glorify him." And St. Peter telleth thee (1 Ep. iii.), " The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers. God is faithful, which will not suffer you to be tempted above that you be able, but will give the... | |
 | 1818 - 424 pages
...contrariwise, blessing; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ve should inherit a blessing. For lie that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain...and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it: For tlie eyes of the Lorà are over the righteous, and his cars are open unto their prayers: but the face... | |
 | 1840 - 772 pages
...confirmation of the Psalmist's doctrine, that even in this world there is a reward for the righteous : " He that will love life and see good days, let him...righteous, and his ears are open to their prayers." —Pp. 5— 7. It must he needless for us to add one syllahle to the ahove memorial ; which will, douhtless,... | |
 | Episcopal Church - 1819 - 558 pages
...but contrariwise, blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days, let...Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will... | |
 | sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 440 pages
...; and the admonition of St. Peter, on this particular, will be a valuable receipt to keep in mind : He that will love life, and see good days, let him...from evil, and his lips, that they speak no guile. (1 Ep. iii. 10.) And * There are two branches of the vice, against which this commandment is particularly... | |
 | Hector Davies Morgan - 1819 - 442 pages
...vol. ip 105. * Williams, p. 257. * Eph- ii. 18. " giveth grace unto the humble 2 ;" that his eyes " are over the righteous, and his " ears are open to their prayers, but" that his face " is against them that do evil3." If any man love Christ, he will keep his words, and... | |
 | Thomas Bowen (chaplain.) - 1820 - 360 pages
...not to transgress. For, with respect to the concerns of this world, " He that loveth. life, and would see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil; and his lips, that they speak no guile." Psalm xxxiv. 12, 13. And F as as to our eternal state in the next, " If any man seem tobe religious,... | |
 | Birmingham sacellum Erdingtoniense - 1821 - 644 pages
...but contrawise blessing ; knowing that ye are thereunto called, that ye should inherit a blessing. For he that will love life, and see good days. let...Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil. And who is he that will... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1821 - 168 pages
...undoubted truth, that whosoever desires to live happily, must live hoiily. He that will love life, says he, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from...speak no guile ; let him eschew evil, and do good. 1 Pet Hi. 10, 11. And the reason that temporal prosperity is so likely to be the Lot and portion of... | |
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For he that will love life, And see good days, Let him refrain his tongue from evil, And his lips that they speak no guile: Let him eschew evil, and do good ; Let him seek peace, and ensue it. 
