 | Robert Coutts - 1808 - 460 pages
...inclinations, importunities and fears, which distract and pollute the soul, is fettered or slain. " Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his " help ; whose hope is in the Lord his God !"* Thus, by self-denial, the mind is restored, from a state of perplexity and trouble, to order... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 514 pages
...13. Hope in the Lord i' also frequently mentioned as the character of the saints : Psal. cxlvi. 5. " Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God." Jer. xvii. 7. " Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is." Psal.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 592 pages
...help in him. His breath departeth, and he returneih to his earth ; then his thoughts perish. Blessed is he, that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hopeis in the Lord his God; how canst thou now stoop, to so unsafe and unworthy a confidence ! As some... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...breath goeth forth, he retumeth to --his earth ; in that very day his , thoughts perish. 5 Happy in e t =J God : 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is : which keepeth truth forever:... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1811 - 494 pages
...mortality of man, in the Psalms just before cited, ' Lord, what wait I for ? My ' hope is in thee : Happy is he that hath the God of ' Jacob for his help ; whose hope is in the Lord his * God, who keepeth truth for ever,' Psal. xxxix. and cxlvi. The Lord is an everlasting friend, he lives... | |
 | Thomas Laurie (minister of Newburn.) - 1811 - 136 pages
...Human aid is often vain ; hence the precept, " Put not your trust in princes." But, " happy is he who hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord." His perfections demand our veneration, and justify our confidence. Infinite goodness, added to al' 1 Kings,... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his [free] thoughts perish. Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help." He is an abomination that justifies the wicked; and he is no better than an abomination who declares... | |
 | Isaac Watts - 1812 - 622 pages
...his earth, in that very day his thoughts perish," and all our dependencies are vain and frustrate. " Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God, who made heaveu and earth, and sea, and keepeth the truth for ever ;" verse 6. Is. ii. 22. " Cease... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1812 - 406 pages
...in the Lord is also frequently mentioned as the character of the saints : Psal. cxlvi. 5. Happy it he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the Lord his God. Jer. xvii. 7. Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. Psal.... | |
 | 1808 - 632 pages
...behalf, " by naturaf or spiritual agents, his counsel sha^l stand, and he will do all his pleasure. ' Happy is he that hath the 'God o'f Jacob for his help ; whose hope is iu the Lprd bis, God,' + Chap.,xsTJi. 20,- 21,,.' l,-,, .,,;, i •. .u, •• , >, j,. . ; . ^ Colonel... | |
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