 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 should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray...  The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine - Page 1771842Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...:•• . The wicked say. unt,» God, Depart from ns ; 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 •&e pray unto him ?-J-Job \\i. I 1, !:"». •i Who said- unto God, Depart from... | |
 | Children - 1824 - 188 pages
...uttered by the mouth, yet too often lurks in the heart of, many during their flourishing periods. " What is the Almighty that we should serve him, and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him p" If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Religion - 1824 - 652 pages
...of aU succeeding ages, ' say unto God, 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 ? ' Call to mind, I beseech you, how many denunciations of future... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...wisdom, when she thus addresses you, ' 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 ?' It is still less to be wondered at, that you should despise her... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...5. 7. vi. 5,6. The wiched say unto God, Depart from us ; for we ;sire 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 ? — Job xxi. 14, 15. Who said unto God, Depart from us : and... | |
 | 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 - 538 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... | |
 | Henry Forster Burder - Religious thought - 1825 - 388 pages
...few words : — " They say to God, depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways : — what is the 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... | |
 | Samuel Walker - Sermons, English - 1825 - 270 pages
...more insolent tribe, " who say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy way. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ?" Alas ! what a sight must a world of such selfwilled rebels have... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 pages
...atheists, therefore they say unto God, " 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 ? * This is not only the heart and life language, but even the... | |
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