Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me. Savonarola, Erasmus, and Other Essays - Page 24by Henry Hart Milman - 1870 - 500 pagesFull view - About this book
| Mark Frank - Church year sermons - 1849 - 472 pages
...believed our l^a. liii. i. report ? " Hence Jeremiah grows sad and out of heart, and bemoans himself, " Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the SERMON whole cart li ! I have neither lent on usury, nor Lave men 1_ lent to me on usury ; yet every... | |
| Robert Leighton (abp. of Glasgow.) - Bible - 1849 - 498 pages
...holy and peculiar servants of God, from the profane multitude. Woe is me, my mother, says Jeremiah, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth!3 And of all the prophets, says not our Saviour, handling this same argument in his sermon, so... | |
| William Smith (Missionary at Banaras.) - Christianity and other religions - 1850 - 240 pages
...soon do, were we not afraid of the Government." I have thought of Jeremiah's words on such occasions, "Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury ; yet every one of them doth... | |
| Samuel Osgood - Christian biography - 1850 - 436 pages
...obviously, rather to the unkindness of his foes than to any lack of religious confidence on his part : — " Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I have lent to no man on usury, nor have men lent to me on usury ; yet every man doth curse... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - Congregational churches - 1850 - 570 pages
...the priests, and people of Israel, at the risk of his life ; which made him lament his unhappy lot. " Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife, and a man of contention to the whole earth." The apostles had to fight their way in the world, in order to live and act according to the... | |
| Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - Christianity - 1858 - 580 pages
...blessings? Complaints, I know, are unpleasing, however just; but now, not more unpleasing than necessary. Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of contention .' .1 cr. xv. 10. I must cry out in this sad day, of the sins of my people. " The searchers... | |
| Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg - Bible - 1851 - 496 pages
...it. A commentary on the Antipas, as similar to Antikosmos, is given by Jer. xx. 10, xv. 10, " Ah ! my mother, that thou hast borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land." If we have been followed thus far, it will not be reckoned too bold if we should hazard the... | |
| Ernst Wilhelm Hengstenberg - Bible - 1851 - 504 pages
...it. A commentary on the Antipas, as similar to Antikosmos, is given by Jer. xx. 10, xv. 10, " Ah ! my mother, that thou hast borne me, a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole land." If we have been followed thus far, it will not be reckoned too bold if we should hazard the... | |
| John Milton - Authors, English - 1851 - 428 pages
...house and eity, over the whole earth. "This is that whieh the sad prophet Jeremiah laments : — 'Wo is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and eontention !' And, although divine inspiration must eertainly have been sweet to those aneient prophets,... | |
| Jeremiah (the prophet) - 1851 - 332 pages
...before their enemies, Saith Jehovah. 10 Alas for me ! О my mother ! That thou hast borne me to be a man of strife ; And a man of contention to the whole land : I have neither lent, nor have men lent to me, Yet every one of them curseth me. 11 Jehovah saith... | |
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