 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 474 pages
...of life, to depart from the snares of death," chap. xiii. 14. " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be...an excellent oil, which shall not break my head," Psal. cxli. 5. May God always continue a succession of such righteous men, and may he incline our hearts... | |
 | 1819 - 492 pages
...brethren. How opposite is this to the spirit of true piety ! " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be...not break my head : for yet my prayer also" shall be for them " in their calamities." To derive the full advantage of all our brethren's efforts to do us... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 68 pages
...benefactors indeed. " Faithful are the wounds of a friend." " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness, and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head." If the subject now discussed, appear of less magnitude, than those on which it is usually my effort... | |
 | Joseph McKean - 1814 - 70 pages
...benefactors indeed. " Faithful are the wounds of a friend." " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness, and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head." If the subject now discussed, appear of less magnitude, than those on which it is usually my effort... | |
 | 1846 - 810 pages
...faults ; fewer still are wise enough to say with the Psalmist, " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil which shall not break my head," Ps. cilv. 5. And the language of faithful admonition was peculiarly unwelcome to Gertrude, whose ears... | |
 | 1815 - 586 pages
...men that work iniquity : and let me not eat of their dainties. 5 Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me; it shall be...bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth. 8 But mine eyes are unto thee, O GOD the LORD : in thee is... | |
 | William Bates - 1815 - 544 pages
...recovery from sin, they are the more holy. It is David's desire, " let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil which shall not break my head." Psal. 141. 5. There is no counsel so truly valuable, as that which proceeds from wisdom and love in... | |
 | 1816 - 566 pages
...the words of the -Psalmist, rather than to Philo, and say, " Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me; it shall be...an excellent oil, which shall not break my head." Yet, in this particular, I must say, Philo has taken a wrong aim : he recommends to us, as "further... | |
 | Joshua Huntington - 1817 - 194 pages
...and salutary duty, of which David speaks when he says •J " Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness : and let him reprove me ; it shall...an excellent oil which shall not break my head.''* But while she was faithful in admonishing a brother or a sister, she was never heard proclaiming their... | |
 | Samuel Cole, Freemasons. Grand Lodge of Maryland - 1817 - 462 pages
...dainties. Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me, it shall bean excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. Our... | |
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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 
