 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 страници
...sorrows. " Theyk" (saith he) " say unto God, Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? And...what profit should we have, if we pray unto him." But whatsoever their knowledge is, it is, sure, an accursed knowledge, which refuseth to know God,... | |
 | Stephen Charnock - 1699 - 226 страници
...of the duty. If God does not answer us, naturally we cast off the duty, and say with those in Job, What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit should ire have, if we pray to him, Job 21. 1.5. They pray not out of conscience of the command, but merely... | |
 | George Burder - 1835 - 654 страници
...upon him ; they say, in effect, ' Depart from us, for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.' — ' What is the Almighty, that we should serve him ? and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him ?' Besides this, they corrupted others. Thry were not content to... | |
 | John Smalley - 1803 - 454 страници
...fore-ordained — if he be so in one mind that nothing can turn him, it may be said, Why should we call upon him ? " and what profit should we have if we pray unto him ?" To this it may be answered, 1. That whatever difficulty there may be in reconciling the efficacy... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1804 - 372 страници
...themselves to be strangers to God, and at enmity with him, and yet have learned the unhappy art of saying, " What is the Almighty " that we should serve him, and what profit should " we have if we pray unto him ?" And no less miserable is the situation of those, who build their hopes of happiness and salvation... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Hopkins - 1804 - 404 страници
...Almighty, that we fttould ferve him ? and what profit jhould me hajif i/\ive .pray. untQ him ? Jobi xxi. 15. They count him worthy neither to be loved nor feared. They dare.not behav,e with.that flight and difregard towards one of their fellow-creatures, when,. a little... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 страници
...consequence of this, they say unto God, Depart from us ; for we de15 sire not the knowledge of thy ways. What [is] the Almighty, that we should serve him ?...and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? this is in effect their language, they think they oiue him no service, and shall net be better for... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 страници
...arise and call upon thy God. CCIII. Offirayerlessfiersonsiorofnotfiraying. Job xxi. 15. The wicked say, what is the Almighty that we should serve him ? and what profit shall we have if we pray unto him '. Mai. iii. 14. xxxvi. 13. Hypocrites cry not when he bindeth them.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 446 страници
...yet too often lurks in the hearts of many, during their flourishing periods, What is the Al-' mighty that we should serve him ; and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary is it, that, by some SERMON change... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 448 страници
...often lurks in the hearts of many, during their flourishing periods, What is the Almighty that lee should serve him ; and 'what profit should we have, if we pray unto him ? If such be the tendency of the house of feasting, how necessary is it, that, by some VOL. II. A a... | |
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They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, "Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray... 
