| Martin Luther - Protestantism - 1826 - 566 pages
...6, " Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit? That we may buy... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1826 - 872 pages
...even to make the poor of the land to foil : say*• iOfT, when will the new moon be gonetliat vc " may sell corn ? And the Sabbath, that we may *- set forth wheat, making the Ephah small and " the Shekel great, aod falsifying the balances ^'bj deceit; that we may... | |
| Jacques Saurin - Sermons, French - 1827 - 522 pages
...might return, not only to their avocations, but also to their crimes ; they said in their hearts, ' When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn?...and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?' Amos viii. 5. Against this disposition of mind, God has denounced by the ministry of this smne prophet,... | |
| Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church (1802-1822) - 1827 - 522 pages
...Remove not the old land-mark ; and enter not in the fields of the fatherless. ff Amos viii. 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making; the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ? Psal. xxxvii.... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...fail, &c. yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.— Hab. iii. 17, 18. When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ; and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat? &c. — Amos viii. 5, &c. Is it a time for you, O ye, to dwell in your ceiled houses, aud this house... | |
| William Cobbett - Great Britain - 1828 - 304 pages
..." Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to mak« " ihe poor of the land to fail : saying, when will the new moon •' be gone that we may sell...corn? And the Sabbath, that we " may set forth wheat, making the Ephah small and the Shekel "great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ; that we may "... | |
| Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 336 pages
...stretched on a bed of languishing. Then he "snuffed at it, and said, Behold, what a weariness is it ? When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn, and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" But how very different are the reflections ef " the days of darkness," of the " months of vanity,"... | |
| James Gall - Catechisms - 1829 - 230 pages
...thoughts about our worldly concern* are forbidden on the Sabbath — Amos viii. 5. When will the new-moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ? 271. Unnecessary conversation about our worldly affairs are forbidden on the Sabbath — Asa. Iviii.... | |
| 1830 - 586 pages
...torn, the lame, the sick, as an offering at our hands. We must beware of saying in our hearts — ' When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? And the Sabbath that we may set forth wheat V For this the land trembleth. For the LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, concerning; such... | |
| Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 586 pages
...Amos, O ye that Amos viii. swallow up the needy, even to make tlie poor of the ' land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ? This being the disposition of that people, not bearing a greater strictness, they not being able... | |
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