 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 Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Página 1771842Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1823 - 880 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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 páginas
...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,... | |
 | 1824 - 444 páginas
...made rich, and the glory of his house is increased, he is sometimes apt to assume this language : " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have, if . Within the space of three months, Hargrave returned to his cottage, with his family,... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 páginas
...say unto God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways?' Do they therefore say, ' What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have, should we and our families pray unto him ?' Might not one rather expect, that they... | |
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 páginas
...are all just, so her daily communications are all generous. The wicked are represented as saying, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?" But those who ridicule prayer are strangers to it; some having... | |
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