 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 pages
...in their shameful flight: it is well, if they can carry back those skins that they brought thither. 'Let not him, that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off.' There is no cause to fear that man that trusts in himself. Man may cast the dice of war, but the disposition... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 472 pages
...ornaments. Richardson. Harness is used for armour in our translation of the Bible. 1 Kings xx. 1 1 . Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off. Exod. xiii. 18. The children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 244. Paradise Regained... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 506 pages
...towards self-confidence and presumption is dangerous, and will give the enemy an advantage against you. Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. God sometimes permits the youths to be faint and... | |
 | John Milton - 1824 - 468 pages
...ornaments. Richardson. Harness is used for armour in our translation of the Bible. 1 Kings xx. 1 1 . Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putleth it off. Exod. xiii. 18. The children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.... | |
 | 1825 - 808 pages
...assertions. Joh a. — Still fa' o' self, Thomas ; ye might, by this time, ha'e remembered the wise saying, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." The disabilities o' Papists or Catholics are na in consequence o' their religious tenets ; they ha'e the... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1825 - 714 pages
...their shameful flight : it is well if they can carry back those skins that they brought thither. " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." There is no cause to fear that man that trusts in himself. Man may cast the dice of war, but the disposition... | |
 | 1826 - 1036 pages
...handfuls for all (he people lhat follow me. 1 1 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell In. a. be obedient. t 8 And Moses took ihe blood, and sprinklui! it on putlelh il nil'. /*12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard ihis message as he was drinking, he... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 666 pages
...the success of one day does not always ensure the success of the next. Hence the ancient proverb, ' Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off,' 1 Kings xx. 11. Certainly, my brethren, these leaders of the people of God would have been chargeable... | |
 | 1828 - 678 pages
...a correct judgment. It may not, however, be amiss to admonish the reviewer of the inspired caution, "Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off;" and to remind him, that we live in a community where the public sentiment will not permit a reputation,... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...handfuls for all the people that follow me. 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell /••'/// to Aaron and to his sons. 49 And Moses took Ihe redemplion-money • 12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message as he was drinking, he and the kings... | |
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Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 
