Ah, Lord God' behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child." But the Lord said unto me, "Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. Commentary on First John - Page 8by R. C. Candlish - 2002 - 268 pagesLimited preview - About this book
| 1838 - 248 pages
...perplexities, and trials of the work, and also with my own weakness, I should say with Jeremiah, ' Ah Lord God, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child.' Oh, I should shrink into very nothingness, and exclaim, ' Nay, but O Lord God, who am I that I should... | |
| William Hill Tucker - 1838 - 512 pages
...forth out of the womb, / sanctified thee ; and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord (JEHOVAH) said unto me ; Say not, I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall... | |
| 1839 - 1060 pages
...Prophet Jeremiah here in the text. This favour is exJeremiah's visions of c Exod.4. 10. 6 Then said I, + N % hn _l e]! * WD W e D <9X1% R P T L& o « 7 If But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send... | |
| Robert Southey - 1839 - 840 pages
...forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained then a prophet unto the nations." Then Fai'l I, Ah, LORD GOD, behold I cannot speak, for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Pay not, I am a child, for thou shall po to all that I shall send thee,... | |
| Thomas Williams - 1840 - 88 pages
...slow of speech and of a slow tongue." Jeremiah showed that he had been taught of God, when he cried, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child ! " Though Paul was not one whit behind the very chiefest apostles, yet he appears to admit from the... | |
| Joshua Wells Downing - 1841 - 346 pages
...discharge of my arduous duties. And yet I do not know that I ever before could say with deeper emotion, " Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child." When I reflect that men are greatly influenced by first impressions, and that these impressions may... | |
| Thomas Williams - 1841 - 68 pages
...slow of speech and of a slow tongue." Jeremiah showed that he had been taught of God, when he cried, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child !" Though Paul was not one whit behind the very chiefest apostles, yet he appears to admit from the... | |
| Francis Close - 1842 - 254 pages
...meet him on every side. " Who is sufficient for these things?" (2 Cor. ii. 16.) He is ready to say, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child," (Jer. i. 6) ; " Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send," (Exod. iv. 13) ;... | |
| Joshua Wells Downing - 1842 - 346 pages
...discharge of my arduous duties. And yet I do not know that I ever before could say with deeper emotion, " Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child." When I reflect that men are greatly influenced by first impressions, and that these impressions may... | |
| Joseph Holdich - 1842 - 488 pages
...which he commenced his labours there, and as a specimen of his mode of sermonizing : " 'Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child.' — Jeremiah, i., 6. " In the case of Jeremiah, we see that of the Gospel preacher at the present day.... | |
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