| John Milton - 1825 - 794 pages
...will raise up evil against thee out of thine own house, — that is, punishment. Prov. xvi. 4. Jehovah hath made all things for himself; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil; that is, him who, having been created good, became subsequently wicked by his own fault, in conformity... | |
| William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pages
...and j'tir him : •See on John i. ver. ;>. b See on Rom. viii. ver. 38. clause 2. •Tbc l. D i: ii hath made all things for himself ; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil, Ргот. xvi. 4. For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever.... | |
| Robert Leighton (Abp. of Glasgow), John Norman Pearson - 1825 - 452 pages
...He proposed HIMSELF. He hath made all things for Himself, says the author of the Book of Proverbs, even the wicked for the day of evil. Prov. xvi. 4. And the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, gives us a lively description of that incomparable... | |
| Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson - 1825 - 462 pages
...He proposed HIMSELF. He hath mode all things for Himself, says the author of the Book of Proverbs, even the wicked for the day of evil. Prov. xvi. 4. And the apostle Paul, in his Epistle to the Romans, gives us a lively description of that incomparable... | |
| Robert Wilson (A.M.) - 1826 - 236 pages
...passages have been already examined. The first that calls for our attention is — Prov. xvi. 4. " The Lord hath made all things for himself; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." — This passage is adduced by our author, in proof of the opinion that the divine sovereignty is exercised... | |
| 1852 - 1174 pages
...the word of God ! Just where he should be. And observe that most remarkable passage (Prov. xvi. 4), " The Lord hath made all things for himself ; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." Awful words, but full of truth. In the same (ch. ix.): "A man's heart deviseth his ways; but the Lord... | |
| John Minter Morgan - 1826 - 294 pages
...shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?" — Isaiah xxix. 16. " The Lord hath made all things for himself; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil." — Proverbs xvi. 4. " A man's heart deviseth his way : but the Lord directeth his steps." — Prov.... | |
| Edward Reynolds (bp. of Norwich.) - 1826 - 944 pages
...men " in usus profundaram cogitationum snarum V unto the uses of his unsearchable counsels. — " He hath made all things for himself, yea, even the wicked for the day. of evil h." Yet he is pleased to esteem some men 'meet for uses,' which others are not ' ; and to ' set apart... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1826 - 412 pages
...who truly love God, love him for his own infinite greatness and goodness. And they rejoice, he " has made all things for himself ; yea, even the wicked for the day of evil ;" and that he has, for his own glory, foreordained whatsoever comes to pass. Let every person, then,... | |
| Daniel Atkinson Clark - 1826 - 344 pages
...support of the proposition, that ungodly men are the servants of the Lord, we say, He gave them being. He made all things for himself, yea even the wicked for the day of evil. If men have become alienated in their hearts, still God is their rightful Sovereign. His propriety... | |
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