 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...call upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear...of fools shall destroy them. But whoso hearkeneth VOL. III. N unto me, shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.' Were wisdom to speak... | |
 | John Mason - Christian life - 1824 - 340 pages
...call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear...their own way, and be filled with their own devices ;' Prov. i. 24, &c. The end of the long-suffering and forbearance of God is, ' to lead men to repentance,'... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1832 - 590 pages
...tcill not answer; they shall seek me early, ;.'it //,<,;. •-',-.''.' not fold me: For that they bated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord;...their own way, and be filled with their own devices." To the stouthearted he says, " I will be unto them as a lion, as a leopard by the way I will observe... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1824 - 484 pages
...literally in the following words ; For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own...way, and be filled with their own devices. For the security of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. And the whole... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Religion - 1824 - 652 pages
...impenitent, particularly under the gospel, closes the threatenings with this remarkable declaration : ' Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.' In this passage, the curse may be said to be repeated and explained ; and here one part of the explanation... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...the fear of the LORD : " 30. They would none of my counsel : " they despised all my reproof. " 31. Therefore shall they eat of the " fruit of their own way, and be filled " with their own devices. 32. For the " turning away (a) of the simple shall " slay them, and the prosperity of fools " shall... | |
 | William Latta McCalla - Universalism - 1825 - 324 pages
...but I will not answer; they shall seek "me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated a knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord...and the prosperity of fools shall " destroy them." We need hardly mention that Paul calls this, being " punished with everlasting destruction."** Thus... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lono : They would Bone of my counsel ; they despised all my reproof ; Therefore...their own way, and be filled with their own devices, Pro». Í. 24 — 31. Therefore as the fire devoureth the stahble, and the flame coiiMiinptli the chaff,... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 pages
...calamity, and mock when their fear cometh ; then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer, for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear...none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof, Prov. i. 24 — 33 ; read Jer. xvi. 5, 13, 17, 18. (2.) There are some so desperate in rejecting God's... | |
 | Thomas Secker - Sermons, English - 1825 - 486 pages
...punishment, of such behaviour, but that which the divine wisdom has so clearly foretold ? For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord ; they would none of my counsel, and despised my reproof; therefore shall they * Dan. iv. 17. eat of tlte fruit of their own way, and... | |
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Then shall they call upon Me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek Me early, but they shall not find Me : for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord : they would none of My counsel; they despised all My reproof. Therefore... 
