 | James Ussher - 1660 - 628 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 506 strani
...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 strani
...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 strani
...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 in... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1808 - 448 strani
...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 change... | |
 | 1808 - 308 strani
...organ, and yet said 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 receive, if " we pray unto him * ?" And they have read in the Book of Amos the prophet, of a woe denounced... | |
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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... 
