The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD. The Works of John Owen - Page 117by John Owen - 1826Full view - About this book
| Books - 1797 - 618 pages
...favour of a virtuous life, from the Christian doctrine of a future state, as expressed in the words, " It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of God." Mrs. Kippis was the worthy relict of that excellent man the late Dr. Kippis, well known in the literary... | |
| Robert Hawker - Sermons - 1801 - 276 pages
...faithfulness . God the Holy Ghost hath caused it to be left on record, with peculiar emphasis, that it is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the Salvation of the Lord. * Our subject is capable of being extended to many other cases, in proof of the doctrine... | |
| Great Britain - 1802 - 764 pages
...?' and of impatience, ' why should I ' wait for the Lord any longer?' — but patience whispers, ' it is good that a • man should both hope, and quietly ' wait for the salvation of the Lord.' — To long for pardon, and to feel only an increased sense of guilt; to implore relief,... | |
| Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 476 pages
...be pleased to receive him into favour, not omitting his duty to God in the mean time, Lament, iii. 26. " it is good, that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of tho Lord." XXVI. To him who acts in this manner, will come, at length will come, the blessed day, when... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence,... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...I hope in him. The LOUD [is] good 26 unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. , [It is] good that a [man] should both hope and quietly wait for the 27 salvation of the LORD. [It is] good for a man that he bear the 28 yoke in his youth. He sltteth... | |
| Thomas Brooks - 1806 - 270 pages
...J. 2. 3. Psal. Ixii. 5. My soul, wait thou only upon God, for my expectation is from him. Lam. iii. 26. It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly (or as the Hebrew hath it, silently wait for the salvation of the Lord." The husbandman patiently waiteth... | |
| Benjamin Beddome - Baptists - 1807 - 546 pages
...prayers, and so of not feeling our dependence on him, and our obligations for the mercies received. Hence it is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the saltation of the Lord. 2. He seldom answers prayer in the manner we expect. We are apt to prescribe... | |
| Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...things. . Lam. iii. 25. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wuit for the salvation of the Lord. .. ....•• 'i *..!'•'•• Hos. xii. 6. Keep mercy and judgment,... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...God." Lam. iii. 25, 26. " The Lord is good unto them that wait for him ; to the soul that seeketh him. It is good that a man should both hope, and quietly wait for, the salvation of the Lord." Mic. vii. 7. " I will wait for the God of my salvation." Agreeably to this, despising the... | |
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