 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 System of Revealed Religion ... - Page 2491819Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1810 - 314 pages
...consideration that Agur founded his prayer, which, for the wisdom of it, is recorded in holy writ. ' Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them...with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thce, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.'... | |
 | Henrietta Maria Bowdler - 1810 - 242 pages
...for ourselves, every wise man would say with Agur in the book of Proverbs,* " Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me, lest...poor^ and steal, and take the name of my GOD in vain." But He, who best knows what is fit for us, has not left us this choice. He has * Proverbs xxx. 8, 9.... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1810 - 656 pages
...require^ And belter things than those which we desire. Dryd. Palnm. St Arc. Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me :...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Agur's Prayer. Prov. ch. xxj, v. 8, 9. INTRODUCTION. PERMIT me, Stanhope ', as I form'd thy youth To... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - Death - 1810 - 614 pages
...kingdom, Prov. xxx. Therefore Agur presented this excellent prayer unto God, " Give me neither poverty nor riches •, feed me with food convenient for me...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Wretched man ! to what purpose dost thou labour so carefully to gather up riches for thy children ?... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele - English literature - 1810 - 348 pages
...consideration that Agur founded his prayer, which, for the wisdom of it, is recorded in holy writ: "Two things have I required of thee, deny me them...poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for roe ; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 636 pages
...inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. f Prov. xxx. 9. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. ^ Mai. i. 6. A son honouretb his father, and a servant his master : if then I be a father, where is... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 434 pages
...new, Levit. xxvi. 10. And David prays God to send the store promised. And Agur presumed likewise: " Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," Prov. xxx. 7 — 9. But these Old Testament saints had the pre-eminence ; it must not be so done in... | |
 | William Giles - Marriage - 1811 - 268 pages
...to envy, falser hood, dishonesty, perjury. Let us therefore say with Agur, Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. But even those christians, Philetus, who move in this middle sphere, are not exempt from the calamities... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 448 pages
...Agur found, and therefore prayed to be led between the two extremes; — " Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me :...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," Prov. xxx. 8, 9. I had very sharp work to settle these matters with my conscience; it cost me many... | |
 | Charles Peirce - Textbooks - 1811 - 266 pages
....views of human life, and human happiness. Remember, and admire, the wisdom of Agur's petition : " Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...and deny thee ; and say, who is the Lord ? or lest I he poor, and steal ; and take the uarrie of my God in vain." LESSON XL. ARGUMENTATIVE PIECES. SECTION... | |
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