 | Edmund Calamy - 1802 - 512 strani
...told him with great joy, That a sermon preached by his father thirty years before, on these words, ' The entrance of thy word giveth light, it ' giveth understanding to the simple,' was the means of her conversion. This his son, Mr. Samuel Say, was brought up to the ministry, and... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - 1802 - 508 strani
...told him with great joy, That a sermon preached by his father thirty years before, on these words, ' The entrance of thy word giveth light, it ' giveth understanding to the simple,' was the means of her conversion. This his son, Mr. Samuel Say, was brought up to the ministry, and... | |
 | 1832 - 644 strani
...; I came out of the chapel witli very different feelings and views to what I had when I went in. ' The entrance of thy word giveth light ; it giveth understanding to the simple.' This was exemplified in my experience. I had read the Scriptures ; I had been catechised, instructed,... | |
 | 1816 - 436 strani
...reason. For instance, it is a standing injunction, I have been told, of the Jesuits in America, act to admit of any communication between their negroes...Psalmist of Israel says, " the entrance of thy word give th light, it giveth understanding to the simple ;" the Jesuits, therefore, with all their learning,... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 522 strani
...ancients, &c. How sweet are thy words to my taste ! thy word is a lamp to my feet, &c. I hope in thy word : the entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. — Ps. cxix. 9. 11. 46. 49, 50. 92. 96. 98—100. 103. 105. 114. 130. Thou hast magnified thy word... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 strani
...ancients, &c. How swee^ are thy words to my taste ! thy word is a lamp to my feet, &c. I hope in thy word : the entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. — Ps. cxix. 9. 11. 46. 49, 50. 92. 96. 98—100. 103. 105. 114. 130. Thou hast magnified thy word... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 602 strani
...comfort in my affliction : for thy word hath quickened me :' that is, made ine spiritually alive. ' The entrance of thy word giveth light : it giveth understanding to the simple.' Here light and understanding denote holiness, Psalm cxix. 25, 50, 130. ' Is not my word like as a fire,... | |
 | 874 strani
...who was intimately acquainted with that portion of the Bible with which he was favoured, has said, " The entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple." Its faintest dawn dispels the darkness of the mind ; but those who have the opportunity of dwelling,... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 strani
...ancients, &c. How sweet sre thy words to my taste! thy word is a lamp to my feet, &c. I hope in thy word : the entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. — Ps. cxix. 9. 11.46. 49, 50. 92. 96. 98—100. 103. 105. 114. 130. Thou hast magnified thy word... | |
 | Harriet Morton (author of Protestant vigils.) - 1829 - 626 strani
...the sense in which mother-church believes them; giving the lie to the declaration of the Psalmist, " The entrance of thy word giveth light. It giveth understanding to the simple." They maintain that unwritten traditions ought to be added to the holy scripture, notwithstanding the... | |
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I hope in thy word : the entrance of thy word giveth light, it giveth understanding to the simple. 
