| Joseph McKean - 1814 - 72 pages
...FOUNDATION, AND EFFECTS Of THE LOVE OF COUNTRY. MET ifTf.llNUON, Til JEHKKHU XXIX. 7. a iSfeefc tfte PEACE of the city, and pray unto the Lord for it : for in the peace thereof stiall ye have peace" OF temporal blessings, Peace is usually and justly classed among the chief. It... | |
| 1815 - 614 pages
...diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither 1 have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets... | |
| Sarah Trimmer - 1817 - 412 pages
...diminished. And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried awziy captive?, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace;' «• For thus saith the Lonp of hosts, the GOD of Israel : Let not your prophets... | |
| Thomas Tregenna Biddulph - 1818 - 348 pages
...interest. « 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.'* What motive could exist to bind a Jew to a compliance with this injunction,... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1818 - 584 pages
...captivity. And fcek, faid he, t/ie peace of the city whither I have cavfed you to l>e carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it : for in the peace thereof Jhall ye have peace. And for the like caufe the Chriftians of old deemed themfelves bound to pray for... | |
| 1834 - 614 pages
...aim at power and dominion for themselves, the latter " seek the peace of the city wherein they dwell, and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof they have peace." The kingdom of the political agitator is upon earth, and for this he contends ; but... | |
| John Wesley, George Story - 1808 - 660 pages
...would perhaps only darken counfel. It will be fufficient if we are influenced by the divine charge, " Seek the peace of the city, and pray unto the Lord for it •," knowing the beneficial confequence, "" for in the peace thereof fhall ye have peace." Srjjht.... | |
| E. J. Burrow - 1822 - 606 pages
...Jer. xxix. 1. And teek the peace of the city, whithtr 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. Heb. xiiL 16. But to do good and to communicate, forget not : for with such sacrifices... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 484 pages
...diminished : 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. I do not suppose that the case of these people applies exactly to our!:; but the... | |
| Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 458 pages
...JER. xxix. 7. 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 vehave oeace. ye have peace IN the course of human events, cases may be expected to occur, in... | |
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