 for their little ones, like a flock, and their children dance. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God depart from us for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we...  The Christian Spectator - Page 1871819Full view - About this book
 | John Thornton - 1824 - 394 pages
...are all just, so her daily communications are all generous. The wicked are represented as saying, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?" But those who ridicule prayer are strangers to it; some having... | |
 | Robert Robinson - Baptists - 1824 - 450 pages
...fowls of heaven ?" On the. contrary, do not all your actions " say unto God, Depart from me, for I desire not the knowledge of thy ways ? What is the Almighty, that I should serve him ? What can the Almighty do for me ? and what profit should I have if I pray unto... | |
 | Colin McIver - Sermons, American - 1824 - 434 pages
...all who will confess them, "but in no wise extends its saving health to such as practically say, " What is the Almighty, that we should serve *' him ? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto *' him ?" But the penitent expresses a different language. He has been... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 548 pages
...say unto God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways?' Do they therefore say, ' What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have, should we and our families pray unto him ?' Might not one rather expect, that they... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...flock, and their children dance. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go...for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What ii the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him f Lo,... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - Religious thought - 1825 - 388 pages
...cherish. A characteristic description of the wicked is contained in these few words:—" They say to God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge...Almighty that we should serve him; and what profit is there if we pray unto him ?" Is it possible for human language to be more expressive of criminal... | |
 | Nathanael Emmons - 1825 - 462 pages
...writers tell us what they say about their obligations to God. " They say unto him depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the...Almighty, that we should serve him ? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ?" The same inspired writer, describing the wicked man and his... | |
 | Adam Empie - Universalism - 1825 - 156 pages
...are safe from fear, neither is the rod of God upon them. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice. They spend their days in Wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. d —Says the psalmist: My steps had well nigh slipped, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. For... | |
 | Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...their children dance. 12 They take the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the organ. 13 They spend their days in wealth, And in a moment go down to the grave. 34 How then comfort ye me in vain, Seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? THIRD CYCLE OF... | |
 | John C. L. Gibson - Religion - 1985 - 300 pages
...prosperity, and in peace they go down to Sheol. u They say to God, 'Depart from us! We do not desire the knowledge of thy ways. '^What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit do we get if we pray to him?' ""Behold, is not their prosperity in their hand? The counsel of the wicked... | |
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