 | Gething - 1838 - 426 pages
...never, never shall forget — the prayer of David was in my heart and on my lips, ' let us now fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are great : and let us not fall into the hand of man !"' " Peace and blessing be with my dear boy ! " she • replied ;... | |
 | 1838 - 950 pages
...on earth. He feels the wisdom of David's choice, when he said, " Let me fall into the hands of God, for his mercies are great; and let me not fall into the hands of man ;" he feels that much has been forgiven him, and therefore he loves much ; he feels now... | |
 | Matthew Blagden Hale (Bishop of Perth, Australia.) - 1839 - 444 pages
...accompanying it, for the benefit of themselves and their beloved country. A SERMON. II. SAM. xxiv. 14. " Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his merries are great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man." IT was only a few Sundays ago, brethren,... | |
 | John James - 1840 - 946 pages
...thy land ? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. And David said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into...great : and let me not fall into the hand of man. So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed : and there died... | |
 | Anglo-Catholicism - 1920 - 634 pages
...pain and that His love is chastening and correcting. David's prayer, "Let us fall now into the hands of the Lord, for His mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man," has been that of many since. We are glad to have our objections reinforced by the Church Times, which... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1904 - 1070 pages
...glibly over them. The choice of King David might here give utterance to our conclusion : ' Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for His mercies are great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man.' Since the last earthquake, in 1883, the new houses have been built under Government inspection, after... | |
 | Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. 14 And David said unto put ;/ in 15 f So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there... | |
 | Pierre Bayle, Craig Brush - Philosophy - 1991 - 496 pages
...either to be defeated by his enemies or to be afflicted by some scourge sent by God, he replied to the prophet Gad, "I am in a great strait; let us fall...are great; and let me not fall into the hand of man" (II Samuel 24:14). 1*5 Spinoza, who was a maker of microscopes, ought to have believed that man is... | |
 | Bruce Wilkinson - Religion - 1991 - 468 pages
...deserved the chastening of the Lord. But he saw more mercy in God than in man. And so he responded, "Let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his...are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man" (24:14). Even in the midst of chastening, the arms of the Lord are the safest place to be, and David... | |
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I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 
