| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 696 pages
...eternal to the faithful, there would be most ample warrant for David's godly counsel : " Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity." David argueth further against envying evil doers. 21 The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again : but... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will be teach his way. — Ps. xxv. 9. Fret not thyself because of evil doers ; neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. Fret not, &c. because of the man who bringeth wicked devices to pass, &c. Cease from anger, and forsake... | |
| 1842 - 512 pages
...XII. — NO. CCCXLH. no means unusual — that David gives the salutary advice — " Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity." This apparent injustice in the dispensations of a gracious Providence, however satisfactorily it may... | |
| Practical sketches - Christian life - 1843 - 52 pages
...every generation to come it will prove a balm for the wonuded and disconsolate : — " Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against...down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good : so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight... | |
| Lancelot Andrewes (bp. of Winchester.) - 1843 - 124 pages
...every generation to come it will prove a balm for the wounded and disconsolate :— " Fret not thyself because of evil doers, neither be thou envious against...down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good : so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight... | |
| George Rogers - Universalism - 1843 - 372 pages
...hate the righteous shall be desolate." (Ps. xxxiv. 16, 21.) "Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity...down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and... | |
| William Bentley Fowle - Readers - 1843 - 314 pages
...cast down, and shall not be able to rise. [Psalm xxxvii. 1.] 7. Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity....down like the grass, And wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord, and do good ; So shalt thou dwell in the land, ana verily thou shalt be fed. Delight... | |
| Mrs. Ann Fradgly - Experience (Religion) - 1843 - 336 pages
...— ' Fret not thyself because of evil-doers, neither be thou envious against the workers of inquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. Trust in the Lord and do good ; so shalt thou dwell in the land, and verily thou shalt be fed. Delight... | |
| 1843 - 444 pages
...25, 2fi. > See Luke viii. 5—15. * See Gal. vi. 7, 8. » Ps. cxxvi. 5, 6. MOWING AND HAYMAKING. " They shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb." — Ps. xxxvii. 2, and xc. 1. 12. Just as I and my fellow-labourers cut down the grass, scythe following... | |
| History, Ancient - 1844 - 378 pages
...upon equity. To such the words of the Psalmist are applicable: Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity,...down like the grass, And wither as the green herb." — Pi*, iixvii. 1, 2. This truth will receive illustration from the life of Perseus. He ascended the... | |
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