 | John Bunyan - 1859 - 808 pages
...of the world ? He tells us in the verse before, it is the spirit of a man ; which Solomon calls, ' ny, the beast that ascendeth out of tho bottomless pit shall make war PI.IX.XI. by human principles, good motions to moral duties, workings of reason, dioVOL. II. tate-a... | |
 | John Cox Boyce - 1859 - 260 pages
..."As in water, face answereth to face, so the heart of man to man."* And again, "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly ."t Conscience, here, is spoken of as a light enlightening a dark place, so as to enable us to see... | |
 | Guild of st. Alban - 1872 - 596 pages
...especially if it be divinely enlightened, we gather from what Solomon saith, ' The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.' (Prov. xx. 27.) For the light which as we pray or sing psalms is disclosed to us from above, is the... | |
 | Benjamin Elliott Nicholls - 1860 - 248 pages
...respecting sabbath-breakers. Parable of the ten pounds. Luke xix. 27. xx. 27. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly (ie his most secret thoughts). Such is the force of conscience, that Joseph's brethren, more than twenty... | |
 | Ralph Wardlaw - 1861 - 410 pages
...prevent the punishment of wickedness by preventing the practice of it. Verse 27. "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly." — When God at first " made man of the dust of the earth," what would his corporeal structure have... | |
 | Isaac Penington - 1863 - 592 pages
...differentlv rendered, it is chap. xx. 27. The new translation renders it thus: "The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly." The old thus, '-The light of the Lord is the breath of man, and searcheth all the bowels of the belly."... | |
 | Rev. George BROOKS (of Johnstone.) - 1863 - 266 pages
...subjection of thought, word, and action to a sense of duty. (320.) Prov. xx. 27. The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly. i. THE OFFICE OF CONSCIENCE. 1. To distinguish right and wrong. 2. To incite to the performance of... | |
 | Sir Arthur Blackwood - 1864 - 194 pages
...serai of the righteous. They mean, therefore, the same. (Chap- xx, ver. 27.) " The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord. searching all the inward parts of the belly." That is the conscience that God uses to make bare a man's heart, to show himself to himself. Then in... | |
 | Thomas Goodwin - 1865 - 584 pages
...every man that comes into the world :' John i. 9, compared with Prov. xx. 27, ' The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.' The chambers of the belly some read it. So that, as in a man's body, when cut up, yon find several... | |
 | Charles Simmons - 1865 - 538 pages
...537, 603.] CONSCIENCE. 125. The faculty of conscience belongs to all. Pr. 20: 27 The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. Is. 5: 3 O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.... | |
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The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. 
