 | Thomas Brooks - 1820 - 264 pagini
...private communion with God, and was very low in his own eyes, Gen. xviii. 27. " And Abraham answered and said, behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." In resptctof my original, saith Abraham, I am but dust and ashes ; and in respect of 191 my deserts... | |
 | Thomas Robbins - 1820 - 186 pagini
...and received a gracious answer to his repeated supplications. In these supplications he observed, " Behold now, I 'have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, 'which am but dust and ashes. — Wilt thou also 'destroy the righteous with the wicked ? — Shall 'not the judge of all the earth... | |
 | Richard Carlile - 1820 - 660 pagini
...there shall thirty be found there. And lie said, I will not " do it, if I find thirty there. And he said, behold now, I have " taken upon me to speak unto the Lord : Peradventure there " shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not cle" stroy it for twenty's... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pagini
...there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I -will not do it, if I find thirty there. 31 And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD; Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And . he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's/sake..... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 312 pagini
...view of his glory, they have been greatly humbled in the sense of their own sinfulness; as Abraham, "Behold, now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes ;" (Gen. xviii, 27.) or as Job, "Behold, I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 330 pagini
...glory, they have been greatly humbled in the sense of their own sihfulness; as Abraham, "Behold, now 1 have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes ;" (Gen. xviii, 27.) or as Job, "Behold, I. am vile, what shall I answer thee ? I will lay mine hand... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - 1822 - 410 pagini
...shalt thou return."J And when Abraham would be low before God he styleth himself dust arid ashes, " Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but * Scito te Deum esse &c. Lib. de sonan. Seip. t Bonaventurae Amatorium, page 601. col. 2.... | |
 | 1823 - 396 pagini
...expresses himself with the deepest reverence, humility, and awe, in the august presence of Jehovah ; " Behold, now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, who am but dust and ashes!" Every thing evinces the immediate presence of God, and totally r- xcludes... | |
 | John Jones (perpetual curate of Cradley, Worcs.) - 1824 - 104 pagini
...unworthiness. Self-abasement becomes all the servants of God, when they approach his presence. Abraham said, "Behold, now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes." Gen. xviii, 27. Job said, " Behold, I am vile ; what shall I answer thee ? I will lay my hand upon... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pagini
...upto heaven, and maketo themselves a name, &c. but God scattered them.- — Gen. xi. 1 , &c. Abraham said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes. — Gen. xviii. 27. Exod. iii. 11. Jacob said, £c. I am not worthy of the least of all (or I am less... | |
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Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak: Peradventure there shall thirty be found there. 
