| Joseph Hall - 1837 - 564 pages
...die; 2 Sam. xii. 14: yet he besought God, and fasted, and lay all night upon the earth, and could say, Who can tell, whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? v. :.':.'. Good Hezekiah was sick unto death ; and hears from Isaiah, Set thy house in order, for... | |
| Charles Benjamin Tayler - 1840 - 398 pages
...cling to hope. You recollect, Sir, what David said: " While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept; who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live." 2 Sam. ch. 12, v. 22. Truly God has been gracious to me, and realized a mother's hope. I trust I may... | |
| Abraham C. Baldwin - 1841 - 422 pages
...Parent. 2 Sam. 12: 22, 23. And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live 1 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast1 can I bring him back again 1 I shall go to him, but... | |
| William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...by many or by few. — 1 Sam. xiv. 6. While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept : for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? — 2 Sam. xii. 22. Let him alone, and let him curse. &c. it may be that the Lord will look on mine... | |
| Francis Parkman - 1842 - 298 pages
...it is good also to him. While the child was yet alive, said David, I fasted and prayed ; for I said, who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? And the Son of God, that pattern of all virtue, before he expressed the deep submission of his soul,... | |
| 1843 - 912 pages
...didst rise and eat bread. 22 And he said, While the child wasyet alive. I fasted and wept : for I said, nd another P hated, and they have borne him children, both the beloved and t ? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him,... | |
| Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet - 1843 - 322 pages
...and did eat bread. " While the child was yet alive," he replied, " I fasted and wept : for I said, who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may livel But now he is dead, wherefore should I fasti can I bring him back again 1 I shall go to him,... | |
| Nathan Marcus Adler - 1845 - 696 pages
...prayed for the recovery of the child. We read " David besought the Lord for the child, for he said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? " Thus prayer has often availed for the removal of threatened and impending judgment. And it is not... | |
| Thomas Manton - 1845 - 624 pages
...him?" (Joel ii. 14.) In this clause I put believers who have sinned away their peace and assurance : " Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? (2 Sam. xii. 22.) He speaketh doubtfully: " It may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord's anger"... | |
| Francis Edward Paget - 1845 - 388 pages
...himself for the loss of his child: " While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept : for I said, who can tell whether God will be gracious to me that the child may live1 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast 1 Can I bring him back again1 I shall go to him,... | |
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