 They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us ; For we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray...  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Page 1771842Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...very time, and in the very manner, they expected, grow peevish and fretful, and say in their hearts, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ; and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?" But surely, Christians, when we consider, that, when we have... | |
 | Robert Hall - Christianity - 1815 - 260 pages
...and what can the Almighty do for them. Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto him; Job xxii. 17, chap. xxi. 11, 14. We will not have this man Jesus... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...against the heavens. They say unto God, depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray untohim ? He hath said in his heart, God hath forgotten. The fool hath said... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...grave. 14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. 15 What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit, should we have, if we pray unto him? 16 Lo, their good is not in their hand : the counsel of the wicked... | |
 | Alexander Proudfit - Presbyterian Church - 1815 - 420 pages
...or of their instructions being effectual, and they become discouraged ; they are disposed to a*k, " what is the Almighty, that we should serve him, and what profit should we have if we pray unto him ? Verily we have cleansed our hearts in vain, and washed our hands... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1816 - 406 pages
...and conduct at least, unto GOD, "" depart from " me, for we desire not the knowledge of " thy ways. What is the ALMIGHTY, that " we should serve him ?...And what profit " shall we have, if we pray unto him ?" But, oh ! how dreadful is the case of those, who thus live without the fear of GOD -in the world... | |
 | Job Orton - Families - 1816 - 148 pages
...impieties. Therefore they say unto God, " depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have if \'.^ pray unto him ?" These words are proper to introduce that part of the subject... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways : what is the almighty, that we should serve 761 him ? And what profit shall we have if we pray unto him ':' All wickedness hath admission into that heart or land, where the knowledge of God is not the watch... | |
 | Thornhill Kidd - 1817 - 804 pages
...transVOL. I. F gressors " say unto God, Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have if we pray unto him ? " God is forgotten by us. We forget the majesty and purity of... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Clergy - 1818 - 650 pages
...of all succeeding ages, my unto God, Depart from us, fur we desire not the knowledge 'tf thy ways ? What is the Almighty, that we should serve him; and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him .*"' Call to mind, I beseech you, how many denunciations of fulure... | |
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