 | Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 712 pages
...heathen state, under which they lived in captivity. And seek, said he, the peace of the city whi-J ther I have caused you to be carried away captives, and...pray unto the Lord for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. And for the like cause the Christians of old deemed themselves bound to pray for... | |
 | 1831 - 416 pages
...captive Jews in Babylon obeyed the laws of the country, and prayed for the king. God had said to them, " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...; for in the peace thereof, ye shall have peace." But when the royal decree was published, that no man in Babylon should pray, except to the king, Daniel... | |
 | 1831 - 716 pages
...British nation. His principle of action seems to have been contained in that divine direction, " And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." As a defender of the faith, he is presented ' before us as possessing a fervent... | |
 | 1849 - 1188 pages
...is urged by Jeremiah, upon the captive Jews in Babylon, that metropolis of vice and oppression : " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." — Jer. 29... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...husbands, that they may bear sons and daughters ; that ye may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...pray unto the LORD for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 IT For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets... | |
 | 1832 - 372 pages
...British nation. His principle of action seems to have been contained in that divine direction, " And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." As a defender of the faith, he is presented before us as possessing a fervent... | |
 | Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...Lord shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity, but peace shall be upon Israel. Ps. cxxv. 5. Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives (saiil Jeremiah, by letter to the captives), and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 pages
...shall know that thy tabernacle shalt be in peace," Job. 3:23,24. " And seek the peace of the city, — e gospel shuts none out of heaven, but those that by un shall ye have peace,'' Jer 29:7. And " follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - 1833 - 892 pages
...Christians, as citizens, shall do every good work, and answer every obligation. God said to his people, " seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you...pray unto the Lord for it, for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.'' The Christian, under such a form of government as ours, should consider himself... | |
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And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 
