 | Edward Harley - 1730 - 428 pages
...againft me? 2 1 Now behold, thou trufteft upon theStaffof this bruifed Reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a Man lean, it will go into his Hand, and pierce it : fo is Pharaoh King of Egypt, unto all that truft on him. 22 But if ye fay unto me, We truft in the... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...againft me? 21 Now behold, thou truftefl upon the Staff of this bruifed Reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a Man lean, it will go into his Hand, and pierce it: fo is Pharaoh King of Egypt, unto all that truft on him." 22 But it ye fay unto me, We truft in the... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 458 pages
...This is a very confident theory, and hath but one fault, that it is not true at the bottom, and will fail us when we come to lay our whole weight upon...the prophet defcribes the ftaff of the broken reed cfEgyf>, ial>erem if a man lean, it -alt I go into hit hand and fierce it. Such are tlie principles... | |
 | Thomas Howes - 1770 - 464 pages
...thou trufteft, that thou rebelleft againfl me? Lo, thou trufteft in the ftaffof this broken reed, on Egypt, whereon if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it ; fo is Pharoah king of Egypt to all that truft in him j" (36. 4.) not meaning to defcribe the deceitful... | |
 | Mr. Smith (Thomas) - 1771 - 100 pages
...human ftrength will fail, and without the Lord's aj/i fiance, are but as theftajfof Egypt, on ivbcb if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it. But if we will deteft our vain imagination*, and give up ourfelves to God, and diligently follow the... | |
 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1772 - 458 pages
...This is a very confident theory, and hath but one fault, that it is not true at the bottom, and will fail us when we come to lay our whole weight upon...of Egypt, whereon if a man lean,- it -will go into bis hand and pierce it. Such are the principles of infidelity, to all that truft in them ; when they... | |
 | Thomas Wintle - 1794 - 322 pages
...excellency be not wholly departed from us, it remains only like the jlajf of a bruifed reed, on 'which if a man. lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it h : even fo is the immortality of the foul with the defilement and guilt of Sin. Since then our own... | |
 | Egypt. Appendix - 1799 - 200 pages
...were reproved, because they trusted on " the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him." Israel had been rendered tributary to Assyria,... | |
 | Thomas Newton - 1803 - 460 pages
...plundered it. And in all their leagues and alliances Egypt was to them as a broken reed (If. XXXVI. 6 ) whereon if a man lean, it -will go into his hand, and pierce it. Upon all thefe accounts we inigUt reafonably expect that Egypt would be the fubjecl of feveral prophecies,... | |
 | 1836 - 498 pages
...the fiery darts of the wicked one.' Remember the whole armour is ' of God.' There is a spear on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it ; there is a sword which shall turn against him who uses it ; and there is a species of armour which... | |
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Now, behold, thou trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it: so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 
