 | Joseph Roberts - 1844 - 662 páginas
...thorn and the thistle" were to " come up on their altars," and she was exhorted " to seek the Lord." It is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. — Verse 12. It is said of a good king, " What a blessing he is to the land ! he is always raining... | |
 | George Bull - 1844 - 660 páginas
...and of reaping a joyful harvest. " Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy : break up the fallow ground ; for it is time to seek the Lord, till He come and rain B righteousness upon you." But I am concerned at present to explain only the beginning of the verse,... | |
 | 1858
...righteousness, and reap in mercy ; break up the fallow ground of your heart, and sOW not among thorns 5 for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and reign down righteousness upon you." Can it lie that a blessed beginning will have a bad, ending ? Surely... | |
 | 1849 - 316 páginas
...my mind, and were secretly opened up to my soul, 'Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy, break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek...Lord till he come, and rain righteousness upon you.' Here was ' sowing,' ' reaping,' ' ploughing,' ' seeking,' ' waiting ;' and at once my mind was impressed,... | |
 | Peter Gunning - 1845 - 406 páginas
...fallow ground, and sow not among thorns ;" and, " Sow ' ' to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy, break up your fallow ground : for it is time to seek...Lord, till He come and rain righteousness upon you." Now forasmuch as fasting is so useful an instrument of contrition' and repentance, most wisely in the... | |
 | Thomas Manton - 1845 - 624 páginas
...misspent a great deal of time already, and long neglected God, therefore now you should seek him : " It is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness^upon you" (Hos. x. 12). It is time, that is, it is not too late, while we are preserved... | |
 | Robert Wharton Landis - 1846 - 394 páginas
...incongruous mixed metaphor." So also in Hosea x. 12, "Sow to yourselves in righteousness — reap in mercy ; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek...Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." Here, according to these critics, is a sad confusion of the literal and figurative; for the third clause... | |
 | 1846 - 404 páginas
...had heard a sermon on the text in Hosea x. 12: "Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy ; break up your fallow ground : for it is time to seek...Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." This discourse was just suited to his state of mind, and was moreover rendered easy of apprehension,... | |
 | Richard Winter Hamilton - 1846 - 690 páginas
...REVIVAL OF CHRISTIAN PIETY AND EFFORT. HOSEA x. 12. "Sow TO YOURSELVES IN RIGHTEOUSNESS, REAP IN MERCY; BREAK UP YOUR FALLOW GROUND: FOR IT IS TIME TO SEEK...LORD, TILL HE COME AND RAIN RIGHTEOUSNESS UPON YOU." THE methods of operation in the great (Economy of Nature are so fixed and certain, that we call them... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1846 - 740 páginas
...vine ; he bringeth forth fruit unto 1dmself." " Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy ; break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek...Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you." Fallow ground is that which has remained for some time uncultivated. It may have been cultivated, and... | |
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Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you. 
