 | Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 pages
...fire be quenched : and they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh. THE PRAYER OF JEREMIAH. JER. i. 6. Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child. THE LORD'S ANSWER. jER.i. 7—10. Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send... | |
 | Edward Burton - Fathers of the church - 1829 - 528 pages
...thought favourable to that belief. 240. Origenis in Jeremiam, Homil. I. vol. III. p. 128. Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child, (i. 6.) Origen supposes, rather fancifully perhaps, that these words are spoken in the person of Christ... | |
 | Henry Scougal, George Garden - Funeral sermons - 1829 - 282 pages
...from the womb, and ordained a prophet to the nations, when he received his commission, he cried out, Ah! Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. And Ezekiel though strengthened and confirmed by God, yet went unwillingly; yea, in the bitterness... | |
 | James Parsons - Sermons, English - 1830 - 554 pages
...forth out of the womb I sanctified thee ; and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pages
...but am slow of speech and of a slow tongue ;" and Jeremiah besought the Lord to excuse him, saying, " Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child ;" and Isaiah, though it is probable his words referred more directly to moral unfitness, when contemplating... | |
 | Henry Scougal - Theology - 1831 - 282 pages
...from the womb, and ordained a prophet to the nations, when he received his commission, he cried out, Ah! Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child. And Ezekiel though strengthened and confirmed by God, yet went unwillingly; yea, in the bitterness... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1832 - 250 pages
...being the Lord's messenger, saying, 'I am a man of unclean lips;' and Jeremiah was led to exclaim, 'Ah, Lord •God ! behold I cannot speak; for I am a child.' Moses knew that he was obnoxious to Pharaoh, odious to the Egyptian nation, and not in faver with his... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - Bible - 1832 - 472 pages
...out of the womb I sanctified thee ; and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child. 7 IT But the LORD said unto me, -Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send... | |
 | B. A. S., Barbara Allan Simon - Christian life - 1832 - 234 pages
...commission ; he felt his own insignificance so poignantly, that in the language of complaint he said : " Ah, LORD God ! behold I cannot speak, for I am a child." What was the return ? — " Say not I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I will send thee ;... | |
 | American education society - 1833 - 406 pages
...the Lord was kindled against Moses." Jeremiah was equally unwilling to do as the Lord commanded him. "Ah, Lord God, behold I cannot speak ; for I am a child." Your pastor, or other judicious friends, will be better able than you to judge how far your excuse... | |
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Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 
