| Robert South - 1843 - 600 pagina’s
...them to justice, has nonplussed the wisest and most sanctified persons. Jeremiah xii. 1, " Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee ; yet let...thy judgments : Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?" &c. And David, we read, stumbled against the same stone ; " his foot had well nigh slipped... | |
| London St. Giles, Cripplegate - 1844 - 638 pagina’s
...therefore Jeremiah lays down this as a principle, before he dare argue about God's judgments : " Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let...thy judgments : Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?" (Jer. xii. 1.) And so David: "Truly... | |
| Charles Simmons - 1844 - 552 pagina’s
...the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that fcareth an oath. Jer. 12. 1. Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let...thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they... | |
| Ensign Lincoln - 1844 - 334 pagina’s
...fill my mouth with arguments." This is what the prophet Jeremy practiced, Jer. xii. 1. " Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee ; yet let...thy judgments ; wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper?" We are not to suppose that our arguments can have any real influence on God's own will, except... | |
| Thomas Dale - 1844 - 378 pagina’s
...prosperity of the wicked." To the same effect did the Prophet Jeremiah expostulate with his God, "Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee ; yet let...Thy judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper : wherefore are all they happy who deal very treacherously ?" Nay, this feeling was not confined... | |
| Jean Calvin - 1847 - 562 pagina’s
...from executing his office. The expostulation of Jeremiah is well known, (chap. xii. 1,) "Righteous art thou, O Lord ! when I plead with thee ; yet let...thy judgments : Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously ?' It appears from that passage... | |
| Plain sermons - 1844 - 768 pagina’s
...expresses his perplexity at the disorder of the world, and the successes of the wicked; " Righteous art THOU, O LORD, when I plead with THEE; yet let me talk with THEE of Thy judgments : wherefore 1 Jer. xxvi. 16, &c. - Ibid. xx. 2. 3 Ibid, xxxii. 3. 4 Ibid, xxxv.ii. 14. s Ibid, xxxviii. 6. 9. 8... | |
| John Bunyan - 1845 - 308 pagina’s
...said unto her, " Peace be to thee ; stand up." But she continued upon her face, and said, " Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee; yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments." 7 Wherefore dost thou keep so cruel a Dog in thy yard, at the sight of which, such women and children... | |
| 1845 - 226 pagina’s
...whispering in the sick child's ear, " I smite because I love." — BERRIDGE. JER. xii. 1. — Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee : yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments. We are to own God's justice in all his dispensations, and in the evils he inflicts. We must not look... | |
| John Bunyan - 1845 - 308 pagina’s
..." Peace be to thee ; stand up." But she continued upon her face, and said, " Righteous art thou, 0 Lord, when I plead with Thee ; yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments." 7 Wherefore dost thou keep so cruel a Dog in thy yard, at the sight of which, such women and children... | |
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