 | 1857 - 1196 pages
...patronage and the opening of Methodist schools. We are reminded of the words of Joseph to his brethren : " Ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass this day, to save much people alive." As driving Wesley from churches brought in fieldpreaching, so... | |
 | Charles Bradley (Vicar of Glasbury.) - 1823 - 370 pages
...unwittingly accomplish the counsels of God. ' As for you,' saith Joseph to his brethren, Gen. 1. 20. ' ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto...pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.' And how doth St. Peter address the brethren of that other Joseph ? ' Him, being delivered by the determinate... | |
 | Whitlock Nicol - 1823 - 356 pages
...price*." When Joseph's brethren implored his forgiveness for their conduct towards him, he said, " Ye thought evil against me, but GOD meant it unto good, to bring to pass as at this day, to save much people alive* ;" so Christ forgave those who conspired to kill him : " Father,... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 410 pages
...against him ;' but ' they were not able to perform it ;' ' for God meant it unto good, to bring it to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive :' Gen. 1. 20. So let all the designs of ungodly men against thy church, O Lord, through thy power... | |
 | Andrew Reid (of London.) - 1824 - 274 pages
...character, and the greatness of his love, in passing over his brethren's evil treatment of him : " Fear not : for am I in the place of God ? but as for...pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." When Israel had turned from the Lord to worship an idol formed by their own hands, " The Lord said... | |
 | Benjamin Moore - 1824 - 396 pages
...saviour to the Egyptians, and to his Father's house — " As for " you," says he to his brethren, " ye thought evil " against me; but God meant it unto...pass as it is this day, to save much people alive." And, it may be farther observed, in all these occurrences, he was an eminent type of Jesus Christ.... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...him in the famine. — Gen. xxxvii. 28. 34, 35. xxix. 5. 20. xii. 39— 44. xlv.5.7,8. xlvii. 11,12. But as for you, ye thought evil against me : but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass as at this day, to save much people alive. — Gen.l. 20. The more they afflicted them, the more they... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 pages
...him in the famine. — Gen. xxxvii. 28. 34, 35. xxix. 5. 20. xii. 39— 44. xlv.5.7,8. xlvii. 11,12. But as for you, ye thought evil against me : but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass as at this day, to save much people alive, — Gen.l. 20. The more they afflicted them, the more they... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1824 - 654 pages
...hand, he said to them with an heart that overflowed with love and charity, Am I in the place of God ? As for you, ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, &c. Gen. 1. 19, 20. David, a man after God's own heart, fell into a multitude of very great and terrible... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - 1824 - 314 pages
...angry with yourselves that ye sold me hither ; for God did send me before you to preserve life." " As for you, ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good." You acted a criminal part ; but the event brought about by your conduct, was as important as the existence... | |
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But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. 
