 They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men. 6 Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.  The Black Book: Or, Corruption Unmasked! - Page 330by John Wade - 1820Full view - About this book
 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1700 - 446 pages
...ftrictly devout and virtuous, yea, many times to be in a more prosperous and flourifhing condition ; they are not in trouble like other men, neither are they plagued like othef men. So that if there be a God, it feems (fay they) that he connives at the Crimes of Men, and... | |
 | William Sherlock - Eschatology - 1735 - 398 pages
...the Profperity of the wicked. For there are no bands in their Death ; - , but their Jlrength is firm. They are not in trouble like other Men, neither are they plagued like other Men. And yet thefe were a very wicked Generation, L proud proud and infolent Oppreffors of the Good, and... | |
 | John Tillotson - Sermons, English - 1757 - 488 pages
...ftrictly devout anc* Virtuous5 Yea, many times, to be in a more profperous and flourifhing condition ; " they are not in " trouble like other men, neither are they plagued " like other men." So that if there be a GOD, it feems (fay they) that he connives at the crimes of men, and " looks on... | |
 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1772 - 458 pages
...and afflicted, and that/ir rightetufnefs fake; and bad men many times flourifh and are profperous, they are not in trouble like other men, neither are they plagued like other men. And this is a very great objection againft the providence of God; if there were no other confideration... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 504 pages
...all, and therefore are haughty and tyrannical. They 7 live in great plenty and firos/terity, so that Their eyes stand out with fatness : they have more than heart could wish ; better 8 success than they themselves could have exfiected. They are corrupt, and speak wickedly... | |
 | 1806 - 854 pages
...be free from them. " They come into no trouble," said the Psalmist, " like other folk; neither arc they plagued like other men; their eyes stand out...with fatness. They have more than heart could wish." While he says of himself, " For all the day lon^j have I been plagued and chastened every morning."... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...other men. 6 Therefore pride compMsseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a srarment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness : they have more than heart could wi.ih. 8 They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression : they speak lofuly. 9 They set... | |
 | George Horne, Lindley Murray - Bible - 1812 - 248 pages
...covers them as a garment ; it appears outwardly in all they say or do, and engrosses the whole man. 7. Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could, wish. " A man may be known by his look," says the son of Sirach. The choleric, the lascivious, the melancholy,... | |
 | English literature - 1813 - 580 pages
...envious at the foolish when he saw the prosperity of the wicked," and said, " They are not in trouble as other men ; neither are they plagued like other men....with fatness : they have more than heart could wish. Behold, these are the ungodly who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches." It was not " until... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1842 - 502 pages
...follow. " Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain ; violence covereth them as a garment. — Their eyes stand out with fatness ; they have more than heart could wish ;" — (but, alas ! this only adds to their wickedness, for) "they are corrupt and speak wickedly oppression,... | |
| |
