 When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I...  Dionysius Longinus On the Sublime - Page 167by Longinus - 1800 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...with me : when my children were about me : when I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured out rivers of oil. ' When the ear heard me, then it...me ; and when the eye saw me it gave witness to me. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The... | |
 | Clergy - 1811 - 394 pages
...and his capacity, could with more truth, adopt the exquisitely tender language : " When the ear leard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : because 1 delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The... | |
 | Charities - 1811 - 424 pages
...this country. Happy those who can adopt the sublime and beautiful language of an inspired writer. — When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, then it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and him that had none to help... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1811 - 750 pages
...; and to none might lie more emphatically applied the following beautiful scriptural quotation : " When the ear heard me then it blessed me ; and when the eye naw me it gave witness to me, because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...esteem and good-will of all who know him, he st-es blessings multiplied round him on every side. " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing... | |
 | Missions - 1838 - 716 pages
...joy which solaced the heart of Job, not only amid his labours of love, but his heaviest sufferings. " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when...blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me." R. CONDENSED COMMENTARY. To the Editor of the Evangelical Magazine. DEAR SIR, — In the NOTES of the... | |
 | rev. John Brougham - Sermons, English - 1813 - 344 pages
...afflictions, he will call upon the months past to bear testimony to his goodness, and say with him, " when the ear heard me, " then it blessed me ; and when the eye " saw me, it gave witness to me ; because " I delivered the poor that cried, and the " fatherless, and him that had none to M help... | |
 | Missions - 1849 - 748 pages
...funeral discourse. The words of Job, (chap, xxix , verses 11 — 13,) were most strikingly applicable : " When the ear heard me then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me it gave witness unto me. Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1813 - 276 pages
...him, he sees blessings multiplied round ; m, on every side. " When the ear heard me, then it bles(I me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me : cause I delivered the poor that eried, the fatherless, and m that had none to help him. The blessing... | |
 | William Jay - Sermons - 1814 - 552 pages
...the Lord." For him no orphan prays, no widow sings. To all the luxury of a Job he is a stranger : " when the ear heard me, then it blessed " me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to " me, because I delivered the poor when he cried, the " fatherless, and him that had none to help him : the... | |
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