 | William Huntington - 1802 - 522 pages
...nothings they have courted, and preferred before the apple tree, is the greatest and worst witch of all. " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool," Jer. xvii. 11. " For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I the Lord search the heart,...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Deuteronomy. And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...destroyed by drought, but have a constant supply of moisture, and be always fruitful. 10 be deceived. I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even...his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings ; / atone know the heart, and can by my firov11 idence turn and influence it. [As] the partridge, or... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...where thou dwellest." This knowledge extends to every thing in the human heart. Hear the declaration, "I the Lord search the heart ! I try the reins ; even...his ways and according to the fruit of his doings." (Jer. xvii. 10.) "I am He that searcheth the heart and reins, and 1 will give to every one of you,... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1807 - 520 pages
...to every man ac" cording to his works, and according to " the fruit of his doings. '? And again, " He " that getteth riches and not by right, shall "...midst of his days, and " at his end shall be a fool." f And again, " O Lord, the hope of Israel, all that for" sake thce shall be ashamed, and they that... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 548 pages
...him, &c. Jer. vi. 6. This is the city to be visited (by an enemy) she is wholly oppression. xvii. 11. He that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. xxii. 17. Sfieaking of Jefioia/cim. — Thine eyes and thine heart are not but for covetousness and... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 pages
...DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEART. JER. xvn. 9, 10. The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? I the Lord search the heart,...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. THE prophet Jeremiah had a hard task. He was appointed to inculcat.e unwelcome truths upon a vain insensible... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...saith the Wise Man, Prov. xxi. 7. The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them : and, Jer. xvii. 1 1 . As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Many times God raiseth up such against them, who shall deal with them as they have dealt with others... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1810 - 326 pages
...shall consume it, . with the timber thereof, and the stones thereof. Jer. xvii. 11, As the patridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. James v. 1,3, Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you : ye... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 356 pages
...deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ; who can know it ?" it is immediately added ; " I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." It is said of Jesus Christ, the true God, that " he knew all men ; and needed not that any should testify... | |
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