 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pagina’s
...coals thereof [are] coals of fire, [which hath] a most ve7 hement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would give all the substance of his house for'love, it would utterly be contemned. 8 We have .<. little sister, and she hath no breasts : what... | |
 | 1895 - 702 pagina’s
...giant force it springs into life and dominates mercilessly to the end ; for '-many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it ; if a man would give the substance of his Jife for love, it would utterly be contemned." The opening scene of the music... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - 1807 - 546 pagina’s
...not leave them so. As such therefore we must come to him for pardoning mercy, if we come at all ; and if a man would give all the substance of his house for it, it would be utterly contemned. The language of the law is, Pay me what thou owest! But the gospel... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pagina’s
...me up like unto the coals of some most vehement and extreme fire: VIII. 1 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would...his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. Yea, more than any fire; for airy flame yet may be quenched •with water, but all the water of afflictions... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pagina’s
...me up like unto the coals of some most vehement and extreme fire : VIII. 1 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would...his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. ^ Yea, more than any fire; for any flame yet may be quenched with water, but all the water of afflictions... | |
 | Robert Coutts - 1808 - 460 pagina’s
...considerations centering in self. Love, even from a brother mortal, cannot be attracted by a bribe. " If a man would give all the " substance of his house for love, it would utterly " be contemned."f It must be the free-will offering of one mind to another ; of a mind capable to discern... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 pagina’s
...place. Remember that " God is a spirit J," and unless you love him, you cannot possibly please him. If ,a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned. His commandments likewise are spiritual ; they extend beyond the surface of the... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pagina’s
...jealousy « cruel as the grave : the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. gs and peace-offerings before the LORD. 18 And as...and pcaceofterings, he blessed the people in the na 8 If We have a little sister, and she 544 Tsaioh's conij'i faint (if Jutlah. hiith no breasts : what... | |
 | John Pawson - 1809 - 434 pagina’s
...neither can the floods drown it." Thirdly, We have the inestimable value of divine love set forth : " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned." I. The believer is considered as devoutly praying for the enjoyment of closer... | |
 | John Skinner - 1809 - 582 pagina’s
...can rob us of his love, so it is not in our own power to procure it originally to ourselves. Though a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it wnuld utterly be contemned. It is indeed, even in a natural sense, but a poor love that is purchased,... | |
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Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown... 
