 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.  The Evangelical rambler [by T. East]. - Page 41824Full view - About this book
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 448 pages
...Agur found, and therefore prayed to be led between the two extremes; — " Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me :...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," Prov. xxx. 8, 9. I had very sharp work to settle these matters with my conscience; it cost me many... | |
 | William Giles - 1811 - 268 pages
...to envy, falser hood, dishonesty, perjury. Let us therefore say with Agur, Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. But even those christians, Philetus, who move in this middle sphere, are not exempt from the calamities... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...views of human life, and human happiness. Remember, and admire, the wisdom of Agur's petition : "• Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poor, and steal; and take the name of my God in vain. BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience and omnipresence of the DEITY, the source - ', .' of consolation to... | |
 | William Jay - 1812 - 284 pages
...through Christ Jesus. Two things have I re' quired of thee; deny me them not before I die. Re" move far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither " poverty,...and steal, and take the " name of my God in vain. Lord my heart is not " haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : neither do I exercise " myself in great matters,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...wealth and pinching poverty, according to Augur's prayer, Prov. xxx. 8, 9. * Give me neither poverty, nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me :...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain'. — That Satan and the corruptions of the heart are sometimes -most busy, when people are setting themselves... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD, Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto.you. /Prov. xxx. 9. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. g Mai. i. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thce, and say who is the LORD ? Or, lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. The bread which perisheth is a figure of the... | |
 | rev. John Brougham - 1813 - 344 pages
...riches, '• feed me with food convenient for me, " lest I be; full and deny thee, and say, " who is t he Lord ? or lest I be poor and " steal, a.nd take the name of my God " in vain. " But whatever situation the providence of God may have allotted us in this world, let us adopt the... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1813 - 278 pages
...to-day, which is worthy of record on the annals of the poor-. Well dM Agur pray, " give me not poverty, lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." His Honour the Mayor, De Witt Clinton, in the performance of his official duty, passed sentence on... | |
 | Assembly of divines larger catech - 1813 - 158 pages
...(p), vows (q ), and lots (r), violating of our and deny thce, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I he poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (.§-) Mal. 1. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master : if then I he a father, where... | |
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