 Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor,...  A Service-book for Public Worship - Seite 1371858 - 308 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 Seiten
...; give me. neither riches nor ppverly, but feed me with food convenient for me : lest I befvll.and deny thee, and say, Who is the- Lord? or lest I be...and steal, , and take the name of my God in vain." This has not any of the marks of being a Jewish prayer, for the Jews never prayed bat •when they... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 526 Seiten
...to moderate views of human life and human happiness. Remember and admire the wisdom of Agur's wish. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * — Let me recommend, II. MODERATION in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 488 Seiten
...prayer to God; Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me withJbod convenient for me. Lest I be full and deny thee, and...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * He whose wishes respecting the possessions of this world, are the most reasonable and bounded, is... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 378 Seiten
...Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient/or me : Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * — Let rne recommend, II. Moderation in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate,... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - 1820 - 548 Seiten
...vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me : lest 1 be full and deny thee, and say, who is the Lord? or,...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Besides, in the ordinary course of events, • all that will live godly in Christ Jesus must suffer... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 398 Seiten
...recorded in the book of Proverbs, to have been the wish and choice of one who was eminent for wisdom. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...convenient for me. l,est I be full, and deny thee, find say. Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, find steal, and take the name of my God in vain.* From... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1820 - 370 Seiten
...and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me : Lest I befall, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * — Let me recommend, II. Moderation in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate,... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1829 - 370 Seiten
...petition of our text. ' Lead me not, O God, into temptation by giving me either poverty or riches ; but feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.' Again ; you are educated for a sedentary and contemplative life. You expect to know little of the manners... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1821 - 280 Seiten
...wisdom of Agur's petition : '' Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor^iches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full...and steal ; and take the name of my God in vain." BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience and omnipresence of the DEITY, the source of consolation to goodmen.... | |
 | London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) - 1821 - 470 Seiten
...lie hath permitted you to move. In you, seems fnlfdled the wish of Agur : "Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me ;...Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and lake the name of my God in vain." (Prov. xxx. 8, 9.) Among your number the society has often found... | |
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