 | William Carpenter - 1833 - 420 pages
...reed : ' Now, behold, thou, trusteth 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 isPharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him.' The prophet Ezekiel attests the fidelity of... | |
 | John Hobart Caunter - 1835 - 400 pages
...faith. They rest upon the doctrine of human irresponsibility, which is 'as the staff of a bruised reed, whereon, if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it.' It is the common fallacy to which the unbelieving resort, as a prop to preserve them from falling into... | |
 | Joseph Benson (D.D.) - 1835 - 176 pages
...in his future fame, and still more in his future reflexions, he may find them like a " bruised reed, whereon, if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce him.' 1 No. II. EFFECT OF APPROPRIATION CLAUSE. The sentiments of nineteen-twentieths of the clergy... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1836 - 424 pages
...faith. They rest upon the doctrine of human irresponsibility, which is 'as the staff of a bruised reed, whereon, if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it.' It is the common fallacy to which the unbelieving resort, as a prop to preserve them from falling into... | |
 | Hobart Caunter - 1836 - 416 pages
...To place our whole confidence in external piety will be to " trust on the staff of a bruised reed, whereon if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it." And yet are there not many who satisfy themselves with simply performing the act of worship, without... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1836 - 396 pages
...from these passages: " Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt ; whereon when if a man lean it will go into his hand, and pierce it," Isaiah xxxvi. 6. " And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have... | |
 | Emanuel Swedenborg - 1836 - 402 pages
...from these passages : " Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on Egypt ; whereon when if a man lean it will go into his hand, and pierce it," Isaiah xxxvi. 6. " And all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am Jehovah, because they have... | |
 | Aristophanes - 1837 - 540 pages
...giants upon the earth." (31) Isaiah xxxvi. 6. " Lo, thou trustest in the staff of this broken reed, on " Egypt; whereon if a man lean, it will go into his hand and pierce it. So is " Pharaoh, king of Egypt, to all that trust in him." It seems probable that the " reed" spoken... | |
 | Louis Bonnet - 1837 - 184 pages
...comfort your heart requires. " * Behold thou trusteth upon the staff of this bruised reed, on which, if a man lean, it will go into his hand, and pierce it." What human aid could you find to fill the void within your soul ? What could lighten your sighs, and... | |
 | 1837 - 852 pages
...me ? -21 Now, behold, thou "trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed, even upon Egypt, on which " j7 : so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him. 22 But if ye say unto me, We trust in the... | |
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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. 
