| Christian life - 1828 - 414 pages
...not so with God, yet hath he made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things and sure; this is all my salvation and all my desire, although he make it not to grow." But, alas ! soon " The billows more fiercely return, And plunge me again in the deep." When the arrows of... | |
| Joseph Fincher - Providence and government of God - 1829 - 442 pages
...out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,...and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. IN CHOOSING SOLOMON TO BUILD THE TEMPLE OF THE LORD, AND IN BESTOWING ON HIM EXTRAORDINARY WISDOM.... | |
| John Stanford - Older people - 1829 - 474 pages
...the last words of David, Although my house be not to with God ; (as I could wish) yet he kath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,...and all my desire, although he make it not to grow. 2 Samuel xxiii. 5. / . These are a few outlines of the aged Christian. The formation of his religious... | |
| Christian life - 1829 - 412 pages
...which are said to be the last words of David : " although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things...is all my salvation and all my desire, although he makes it not to grow." But, according to friend Gaius's creed, there was first a creation, and then... | |
| William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 538 pages
...a case — Their humble confidence can authorise them, in every trouble, to say, "Yet hath he made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things...; for this is all my salvation and all my desire" — and their affectionate zeal, in every temptation, will constrain them to sing, " All that I have,... | |
| Thomas Boston - Salvation - 1830 - 410 pages
...saint's death-bed comfort, 2 Sam. xxiii. 5, "Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting COVENANT, ordered in all things,...and all my desire, although he make it not to grow." Who then can harm them? It is safe riding in Christ's chariot, (Cant. iii. 9,) both through life and... | |
| Thomas Boston - Theological anthropology - 1830 - 588 pages
...covenant, which is the saint's death-bed comfort : " Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting COVENANT, ordered in all things...and all my desire, although he make it not to grow." Who then can harm them ? They have good and honourable attendants — a guard, even a guard of angels.... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 574 pages
...days shall the righteous flourish." Verse 5. " Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,...is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he made it not to grow." My house, that is my offspring, my posterity, those of my family that are to... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 574 pages
...days shall the righteous flourish." Verse 5. " Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,...is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he made it not to grow." My house, that is my offspring, my posterity, those of my family that are to... | |
| John Witherspoon - Justification (Christian theology) - 1830 - 360 pages
...in the two following passages of Scripture: " Although my house be not so with God, yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things,...all my salvation, and all my desire. — Although the .fig- tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall... | |
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