 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...own work ; look that of Micah, vii. 8th and gth verses, ' Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy ; when I fall I shall arise ; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me. I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against Him, until He plead my cause,... | |
 | William Mason - Devotional calendars - 1765 - 522 pages
...wait for the God of my salvation ; my God will hear me. Rejoice not against me, 0 mine enemy : when I fall, I shall arise ; when I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me," Micah vii. 7, 8. Sweet confession of faith, under most discouraging views. For, while the Lord cares... | |
 | Missions - 1796 - 612 pages
...in the triumphant language of the church, Mic. vii. 8. " Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a light unto me." The faith of the' certainty of such events, frees the mind from despondency, fills it with hope, and... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1795 - 540 pages
...light in this way: hence fays the prophet, Micah vii. 8, 9. " When I fit in darknefs, the Lord will be a light unto me; he will bring me forth to the light, and I mail behold his righteoufnefs. Pfalrn cxix. 130. The entrance of thy word giveth light ; it giveth... | |
 | John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 498 pages
...doctrines of it; and sooner or larer ««ill arise; hence the trust and confidence of the church; Щеп I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me, Mic. vii. 8, 9. — 2. In times of temptation, saints may tiusi in the Lord, and be confident that... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - Sermons - 1798 - 630 pages
...darknefs of affliction, defertion, temptation, it will fay, " Though I fit in darknefs, the Lord will be a light unto me : he will bring me forth to the light, and I fhall behold his righteoufnefs." 5. Senfe and fight are fuperficial and overly in their views of things,... | |
 | William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 486 pages
...may express his triumph in the words of the Prophet; " rejoice not against me, O mine " enemy; when I fall I shall arise, when " I sit in darkness the Lord will be a light * Heb. ii. 15. " unto u unto me*:" or, in those of the Apostle, " the night is far... | |
 | John Corbet - 1802 - 142 pages
...off for ever, if I cleave to him with faith unfeigned ; but even through death itself will he save me. He will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. When I say, What shall I do, in case of suck or suck troublesome or dangerous consequences ? my heart... | |
 | 1828
...yet with the church of old it is his privilege to say, " Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy, when I fall I shall arise, when I sit in darkness the Lord shall be a tight unto me." Most encouraging and comforting thought ! Victory does not rest on his own exertions... | |
 | William Huntington - Arminianism - 1802 - 522 pages
...the church's destruction : " Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy! When I fall, I shall arise; Avhen I sit in darkness, the Lord shall be a light unto me." Mic. vii. 8. Fatherly chastisements and fatherly love do very well consist together. So saith Christ... | |
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I will bear the indignation of the Lord, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, and I shall behold his righteousness. 
