| Edward Harley - 1735 - 798 pages
...thy 4. What is MAN, that thou art MINDFUL of him? and the Son of Man, that thou VISITEST him ? Pf. xxxiv. 18. The LORD is NIGH unto them that are of a BROKEN Heart, and faveth fuch as be of a CONTRITE SPIRIT. Pf. xxxix. 5. Behold thou haft made my Days as an Hand' breadth,... | |
| 1788 - 598 pages
...the earth, 17 The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. 18 The Lord is nigh -unto them that are of a broken heart : and faveth fuch as be of a contrite fpirit. 19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous : but the Lord... | |
| Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...their hearts. Chap. ix. 6 — xvi. 30. Ps. cix. 22. Heart wounded. XXV. A broken contrite heart. Ps. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nig-h unto them that are of...heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt... | |
| Sir Philip Sidney - 1807 - 248 pages
...from speaking guile: depart from evil, and do goo*d; seek peace and pursue it. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the right4. ecus, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." It is not... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pages
...he has a peculiar respect to in his saints, and that nothing is acceptable to him without it. Psalm xxxiv. 18. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of...heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 632 pages
...of God's goodness, that holy David breaks out into that heavenly Epiphonema, The Lord is nigh unto them, that are of a broken heart; and saveth such, as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the right~ cous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all; Psalm xxxiv.... | |
| James Thomson (minister at Quarrelwood.) - 1808 - 592 pages
...the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones." Isaiah Ivii. ]?. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Psalm xxxiv. 18. Such a disposition of soul is very different from that where sin maintains its influence.... | |
| William Romaine - 1809 - 316 pages
...in dust and ashes. But this is also a good reason for joy in thy God: because the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. He gives to them the knowledge of salvation ; and makes them glad with the joy of his countenance.... | |
| John Bevans - 1810 - 134 pages
...deliverance from the thraldom and guilt of sin, or, in the language of Scripture, the forgiveness of sins. Psal. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are...heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm cii. 17. He [the Lord] will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer.... | |
| Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pages
...Great stress is laid upon this humiliation of the soul by the inspired writers. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit," Psalm xxxiv. When Jehovah describes the glory of his Majesty in the sublimest manner, he specifies... | |
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