| sir Adam Gordon (bart.) - 1819 - 408 sider
...from me vanity and lies^ give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord...or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of God in vain. In this view of the expression, therefore, we pray God to continue that blessing upon... | |
| Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 sider
...; give me. neither riches nor ppverly, but feed me with food convenient for me : lest I befvll.and deny thee, and say, Who is the- Lord? or lest I be...and steal, , and take the name of my God in vain." This has not any of the marks of being a Jewish prayer, for the Jews never prayed bat •when they... | |
| 1819 - 948 sider
...with food convenient for me : 9 Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who i* the LORD? or lest 1 all make an atonement for your sin. 31 And Moses returne 10 Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty. 1 1 There is... | |
| William Carus Wilson - 1840 - 644 sider
...offered it? 1. He gave a reason for his prayer. Insane men do not reason much. Hear the reason: " Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord ?" Hence he would not be rich. Now if riches cause men to deny and disregard God — if they magnify... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 526 sider
...fr&m me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me. Lest I be full, and deny Thee, and say, Who is the Lord?...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.* • A FROM the whole view which we have now taken of the subject, we may, in the first place, learn... | |
| Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 548 sider
...vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me : lest 1 be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord? or,...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Besides, in the ordinary course of events, • all that will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 370 sider
...and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me : Lest I befall, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * — Let me recommend, II. Moderation in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate,... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1820 - 540 sider
...neither poverty nor ricJies. Feed me with food convenient for me. Lest I be full and deny thee, andM say, who is the Lord ? Or lest I be poor, and steal, and take tlie name, of my God in vain. * He whose wishes, respecting the possessions of this world, are the... | |
| George Lawson - 1821 - 452 sider
...good of his soul, and only in such a measure as might consist with his best interests. Ver. 9. Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. He prays for daily bread, that he might not be led into temptation ; and for the same reason he prays... | |
| 1821 - 786 sider
...Christianity has fully condemned. If the prayer be a proper one, " Give me neither poverty nor riches, * lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," — then is that constitution of things the best which docs not expose men to these hurtful extremes,... | |
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