 | Anthony Horneck - 1705 - 608 pages
...my carelefs Life, hath as good as faid, The Lord fees not, neither will the God of Jacob regard it ! O that I had Wings like a Dove, for then would I fly away and bewail my Folly in fame Wildernefs ! But in this Confeflion, or Self-Accuilition, fome necefiary Rules... | |
 | Richard Allestree (D.D.) - 1749 - 510 pages
...and Longing to enter into the Courts of the Lord ; my Flefh and my Heart rejoiceth in the living God. O that I had Wings like a Dove ! For then would I fly away, and be at reft. 0 fend out thy Light and Truth, that they may lead me, and bring me to thy holy Hill, and... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1771 - 476 pages
...me to all. I mqft now fay no more. Whilft I am writing, affection works and almoit makes me to fay, O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly away, and fee my Englijhand Scotch friends ! I falute all molt heaitily, as does my dear fellow pilgrim.—That... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1793 - 384 pages
...fhair the righteoui fhine forth as the fun, in the kingdom of their Father. / Pfalmlv. 6. And I faiil, O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at reft. m Zech. vii. 1 2. They made their heairts as an adamant flone, left they ihovild hear the... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 614 pages
...belierc that God would make it eiFeftujI. ObjeS. 2. ' You bid me fly, but alas, I want wings to fly, " O that I had wings like a dove, for then would I fly," &c. Anfw. If there be a will to fly, and a hearty delire to fly, thou lull got wings ; and if you want... | |
 | John Willison - 1798 - 632 pages
...yet, when afflcUng ficknefs comes, the poor believer will figh, and fay with David, Pfal. Iv. 6. " O that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I fly awny and be at reft : I would haften my efcape from the windy tempeft." VI. God defigns to make the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1799 - 414 pages
...fharp fword," Pfal. Ivii. 4.; and therefore wifhes for wings to flee away from them, Pfal. Iv. 6. •** O that I had wings like a dove ! for then would I fly away, and be at reft.'' Death will give thefe wings to tuem, that will carry them away quite from among them. Jeremiah... | |
 | Samuel Wright - 1802 - 236 pages
...shall bruise thy head, and thou shalt bruise his heel, - 203 MEDITATION D. PSALM Iv. 6. And I said, O that I had wings like a dove : for then would I fly away, and be at rest, 209 MEDITATION m. PSALM cxix. 94. I am thine, save me: for I have sought thy precepts, 210... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - 1807 - 700 pages
...afcend at laft," 4 laying as great an emphafis upon the words you and 7, as {he was able : adding, *' O ! that I had wings like a dove, for then; would I fly away and be at reft." The laft words which fhe fpoke (fo as to be diftintlly underftood) were, " I am, almoft thro';... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...not pass through." In a tempest there is generally a strong wind; hence it is called a windy storm: "O that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest. I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest." The dreadful spirit of bondage,... | |
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O that I had wings like a dove ! For then would I fly away, and be at rest. 
