| John Murray - 1831 - 324 pages
...GOD had been with him, and that all had been overruled for good. " Ye thought," said Joseph to them, "evil against me ; but GOD meant it unto good, to...pass as it is this day, to save much people alive." — "A famine" is represented as being " sore in the land" of Canaan, and that "the people fainted... | |
| 1831 - 676 pages
...Behold, we be thy servants. 19 And Joseph said unto them, Fear not : for am I in the place of God? 20 But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, a* it is this day, to save much people alive. 21 Now therefore fear ye not : I will nourish you, and... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1831 - 604 pages
...of God's ordering, and considered with respect to his views and aims, which were good. Gen. 1. 20. " As for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good." So the crucifixion ofChrist, if we consider only those things which belong to the event as it proceeded... | |
| British preacher - 1832 - 342 pages
...it was remarkably in the instance of Joseph. Hear his own acknowledgment respecting his brethren, " But as for you, ye thought evil against me, but God...pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." Similar was the issue of Job's painful afflictions, — when the Lord turned again his captivity, he... | |
| George Duffield - 1832 - 640 pages
...perish."3 What men 'may purpose in evil, God oft times means for good, as Joseph said to his brethren, "But as for you ye thought evil against me, but God...bring to pass as it is this day to save much people alive."4 The whole language of scripture teaches a steady and efficient care and agency, on the part... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1832 - 194 pages
...them, " I am Joseph thy brother — grieve nof. yourselves that you did it, that you sold me hither; ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto...as it is this day, to save much people alive ?" Now I ask you to consider this all important question, namely for what purpose did God give his Son Jesus... | |
| Hosea Ballou - 1832 - 376 pages
...him, and came and fell down before him and craved his forgiveness, he kindly replied ; " Fear not — ye thought evil against me : but God meant it unto...pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive — fear not ; I will nourish you and your little ones." In this reply Joseph sets up the doctrine... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 612 pages
...was not you that sent me hither ; but God, to save your lives by a great deliverance." " Ye indeed thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good,...bring to pass as it is this day, to save much people alive1." And he fondly hoped that God would in some way sanctify to him this dispensation. He well... | |
| 1832 - 208 pages
...to go into Egypt, and did it of their own accord. Yet Joseph says to them, Gen. 50:20, " But as Ibr you ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass as it is^his day, to save much people alive." Does not this look as though the selling of Joseph was a certain... | |
| Rev. Samuel Wood - 1832 - 180 pages
...although they had 'meant it for evil against him' in selling him into Egypt, yet God 'meant it for good — to bring to pass as it is this day, to save much people alive.' O, my dear children! I hope that you will always remember God, as Joseph did. Wherever you are, whether... | |
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