 | E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...the rich, shall surely come to want. Jer. xvii. 11. As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcbeth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right,...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. Ps. ciii. 6. The Lord cxecuteth righteousness and judgment fur all them that are oppressed. Lev. xix.... | |
 | Benjamin Allen - 1822 - 138 pages
...it is a peculiar attribute of the Almighty to search the heart.. « I, the Lord," it is declared, " I, the Lord, search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. "J Nor are the assurances of Divine Power being in the hand of Christ less various. It is written in... | |
 | Youth's instructor - 1830 - 540 pages
..."charity" which " never faileth." Be this as it may, he presents an awful example of the truth, that " he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool." (Jer. xvii. 11.) 2d Example. Achan. When the wicked city of Jericho was delivered into the hands of... | |
 | 1823 - 910 pages
...very large, being as big as capons. In Jfremiah xvii. n. we have the following curious passage : " As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them...midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool ;" which is explained by Air Poole as follows: It is no wonder if we cannot be certain as to the sense... | |
 | Grace Kennedy - 1823 - 296 pages
...is another from the prophet Jeremiah *. ' The'heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked : who can know it ? I, the Lord, search the...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.' Is not this the prerogative of the omniscient God, the Judge of all the earth ? Can Assuredly. How.... | |
 | William Bengo' Collyer - 1823 - 506 pages
...86, 87.) whether they were reckoned among the clean kinds. In Jeremiah xvii. 11. the prophet says, "As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them...right, shall leave them in the midst of his days." Brown, speaking of the partridge, observes, " It is said, female partridges have such inclination to... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 144 pages
...the Lord than sacrifice. A high look, and a proud heart, and the ploughing of the wicked, is sin.- I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings. Prov. 21. 2—4. Jer. 17. 10. || 1 Sam. 16. 7. 1 Chron. 29. 17, Rev. 2. 23. Is your heart right in... | |
 | 1823 - 406 pages
...ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary ? there is no searching of his understanding." " f, the Lord, search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings." " Neither is there any thing that is not manifest in his sight ; but all things are naked and opened... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 634 pages
...DECEITFULNESS OF THE HEAKT. JER. xvii. 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 inculcate unwelcome truths upon a vain insensible... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1824 - 432 pages
...according to his ways," Job xxxiv 2. " Thou renderest to every man according to his work," Psal. Ixii. 12. "I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even...his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings," Jer. xvii. 10. See also chap, xxxii. 19. " For the son of man shall come in the glory of his father,... | |
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As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool. 
