 They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray...  The Christian Disciple - Page 111813Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1823 - 880 pages
...the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ; and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him 1 " Their wealth and dancing are assigned as the reason of their saying nulo God, " Depart from us,"... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1823 - 570 pages
...unwilling : on those, who feel their dependence upon itself; not on those, who say in their conduct, What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him ? on those who cheerfully, and implicitly, subject themselves to its dictates ; not on those, who speculate... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 146 pages
...heart j Therefore they say unto GOD, Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ?- Ye have said, it is vain to serve GOD: awt what profit is it... | |
 | Thomas Brooks - 1824 - 542 pages
...out in the pride of their hearts, Depart from us, O God, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and what profit shall we have, if we pray unto him ? 2. A second property of a humble soul is this — he overlooks his own righteousness, and lives upon... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 506 pages
...vi. 22. The end everlasting life. IT hath ever been the perverse language of the men of this world, " What is the Almighty that We should serve him ? and what profit shall we have if we pray to him ?" A kind of expostulation which argues as great a degree of ignorance and folly, as of impiety... | |
 | John Fawcett - 1824 - 218 pages
...the laws of their Maker. They say unto God, Depart from us ; we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ; and what profit shall we have when we pray to him? If anger be, as Aristotle describes it, a desire to displease those who are displeasing... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 pages
...SERMON CXX.XX1 THE MEANS OF GRACE. ORDINARY MEANS OF GRACE. THE OBJECTIONS TO PRAYER CONSIDERED. WHAT 18 THE ALMIGHTY THAT WE SHOULD SERVE HIM; AND WHAT PROFIT SHALL WE HAVE, It WE PRAY UNTO HIM? JOB XXI. 15. we have, if we pray to him ? ' This objection, it will be observed,... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...wisdom, when she thus addresses you, ' depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him. And what profit should we have if we pray unto him ?' It is still less to be wondered at, that you should despise her... | |
 | Colin McIver - 1824 - 434 pages
...all who will confess them, "but in no wise extends its saving health to such as practically say, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve *' him ? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto *' him ?" But the penitent expresses a different language. He has been... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...5. 7. vi. 5,6. The wiched say unto God, Depart from us ; for we ;sire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? — Job xxi. 14, 15. Who said unto God, Depart from us : and... | |
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