And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes : Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five? The Republican - Page 66edited by - 1820Full view - About this book
| John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pages
...he had to do, that sight of God seemed to reduce him as it were into dust and ashes : " Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." Gen. 18 : 27. He looks upon himself as a heap of vileness and unworthiness ; so - David, " When I consider... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...the city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five 1 And the Lord said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. And Abraham spake unto... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 446 pages
...and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, 28 which [am but] dust and ashes.t Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous...five ? And he said, If I find there forty and five, 29 I will not destroy [it.] And he spake unto him yet again, and saidj Peradventure there shall be... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 444 pages
...now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, ' 23 which [am but] dust and ashes. t Peradrenture there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt...five ? And he said, If I find there forty and five, 29 I will not destroy [it.] And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shaU be forty... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...city, then I will spare all the place for their, sakes. 27 And Abrakam answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, which am but dust and ashes : 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city for... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...all the five cities, whereof Sodom is the chief, wilt thou destroy them, notwithstanding ? XVIII. 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous...: wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? If there shall lack five of fifty righteous in all the five cities, wilt thou, for the want of five,... | |
| Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...as a token of deep humility. When Abraham prayed unto the Lord, upon the plains of Mamre, he said, " I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." The deeper we sink in humility, the higher we rise in the esteem of God. 4. All prayer should be offered... | |
| Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 410 pages
...five df the 'fifty righteous : wilt thou destroy all the city" for lack of 'five f Ai.d he said, Tf I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it....Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said I vvili not do it tor forty's sake. And he said ante him, O let not the LORD be angry, and I will sp'.i.ik... | |
| Church of Scotland - 1810 - 636 pages
...acceptably, with reverence and godly fear. Gen. xviii. 27. And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. James v. 1 6. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed :... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...city, then I will spare all the place for their sakes. 27 And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which...•wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five ? And the Lord said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it. 29 And Abraham spake unto the... | |
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