 | Hymns, English - 1824 - 636 pages
...And sing Ills everlasting love. i .' • i • • . 516. Resignation at the Death of a Child. 7s. But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. — 2 SAMUEL xn. 23. WHEREFORE should I make my Now the darling child is dead?... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - Theology - 1824 - 738 pages
...recognised the will of God in the removal of his idol, and reasoned as David did on the occasion : While she was yet alive, I fasted and wept : for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that she may live ? But, now she Is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I briny her back again? I shall go... | |
 | Richard Cecil - 1824 - 160 pages
...the will of God in the removal of his idol, and reasoned as David did on the occasion ; " While she was yet alive I fasted and wept : for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that she may live ! But, now she is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring her back again ? I shall... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart) - 1824 - 774 pages
...dead, thou didst r» " and eat bread." 22. And he said, " While the child was yet alive, I fibtnl " and wept : for I said, " Who can tell " whether God will be gracious to ше. " that the child may live." 23. But not " he is dead, wherefore should I fc' • " can I bring... | |
 | Joseph Hall - Bible - 1825 - 596 pages
...with a mere finite power, this word were but just. He was a prophet no less than a king, that said, " While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept ;...I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." But since thou hast to do with an Omnipotent agent, know now, O thou faithless... | |
 | James Ross - 1825 - 472 pages
...child while he was alive ; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept :...I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. But David's trial was nothing to that which Abraham had in prospect, as he... | |
 | Consolation - 1825 - 434 pages
...while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, \Vhile the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I...I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me." Present circumstances also admonish you to KNOW YOUR OPPORTUNITY; and to improve... | |
 | John Evans - 1825 - 562 pages
...by the event, we should behave like David upon the death of his son, 2 Sam. xii. 22, 23. " He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept ;...wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ?" It is meekness, not to charge God foolishly, but to charge ourselves with our own sins, when he... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...child, while it was alive : but, when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept :...wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring him back again ? 1 SHALL GO TO HIM, BUT HE SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME :' 2 Sam. xii, 21 — 23. Present circumstances... | |
 | John Evans - Christian life - 1825 - 568 pages
...by the event, we should behave like David upon the death of his son, 2 Sam. xii. 22, 23. " He said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept ;...wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ?" It is meekness, not to charge God foolishly, but to charge ourselves with our own sins, when he... | |
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While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return... 
