 | 1832 - 1000 pages
...a pledge of his assurance and confidence in the strength of the Lord, "for I was ashamed, (he says) to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen...for good that seek him ; but his power and his wrath are against all them that forsake him." Brethren, we have in like manner given our pledge — we are... | |
 | Thomas Smith Grimké - Peace - 1832 - 70 pages
...our God, end seek of Him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. And I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers...king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them that seek Him, tut His power and His wrath is against all them that forsake Him. So we fasted and besought... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1832 - 540 pages
...to ask from Artaxerxes a guard of soldiers for his protection; for, says he, I had said to the king, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that...his wrath is against all them that forsake him"." And do not ye profess the same truth, that God is the protector, and friend, and portion of all that... | |
 | 1840 - 894 pages
...before our God, to seek of him a right way for tu, and for our little ones ; and for all our substance. For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of...enemy in the way ; because we had spoken unto the Vob. ut. king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; but In« power... | |
 | 1833 - 930 pages
...our God, to seek of him a right way'for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance. 22 was evil demost noble princes, that they may array...the man whom the king delighteth to 8 Then the king to the king, sayins, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him ; hut his power and... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...LXXVI. REMEMBER, I pray thee, who ever perished being innocent? or where were the righteous cut off? 2 The hand of our God is upon all them for good that...and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. 3 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 4 For the froward is abomination to the... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1845 - 628 pages
...Persian exchequer at his command, God is, on this occasion, sought to and depended on. " For," says he, " I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers...is upon all them for good that seek him ; but his wrath is upon all them that forsake him." Ezra viii. 21, 22. ' 0 that we, Irish Christians, had more... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1834 - 384 pages
...Promises to them thai seek God. See the first two texts in the last section. Ezra viii. 22. The hand of God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his...and his wrath is against all them that forsake him. Ps. ix. 10. Thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thce. xxxiv. 10. They that seek the Lord shall... | |
 | George Croly - Bible - 1834 - 666 pages
...and sacred determination to show that the power of God alone was his confidence— " for he would be ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen, because he had spoken unto the king, saying, ' the hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek... | |
 | Theology - 1835 - 424 pages
...said Ezra, in recapitulating the circumstances of his emigration from the land of his captivity, " I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers...and his wrath is against all them that forsake him." This sublime instance of confidence in the divine protection and promises, though under an imperfect... | |
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For I was ashamed to require of the king a band of soldiers and horsemen to help us against the enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our God is upon all them for good that seek him; but his power and his wrath is... 
