| 1831 - 416 Seiten
...country, and prayed for the king. God had said to them, " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof, ye shall have peace." But when the royal decree was published, that no man in Babylon should pray,... | |
| 1831 - 716 Seiten
...have been contained in that divine direction, " And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." As a defender of the faith, he is presented ' before us as possessing a fervent... | |
| 1849 - 1188 Seiten
...and oppression : " Seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captive, and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." — Jer. 29 : 7. — Respect to magistrates is also enjoined by Paul and Peter.... | |
| Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 Seiten
...may be increased there, and not diminished. 7 And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it : for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. 8 IT For thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets... | |
| 1832 - 372 Seiten
...have been contained in that divine direction, " And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." As a defender of the faith, he is presented before us as possessing a fervent... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 Seiten
...of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives (saiil Jeremiah, by letter to the captives), and pray unto the Lord for it ; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. Je. xxix. 7- If thou (Jerusalem) hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy... | |
| Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 Seiten
...shall know that thy tabernacle shalt be in peace," Job. 3:23,24. " And seek the peace of the city, — e gospel shuts none out of heaven, but those that by un shall ye have peace,'' Jer 29:7. And " follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man... | |
| 1833 - 422 Seiten
...answer every obligation. God said to his people, " seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives ; and pray unto the Lord for it, for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace." The Christian, under such a form of government as ours, should consider himself... | |
| Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1839 - 622 Seiten
...ye may be increased there and not diminished. And seek the peace ot the city, whither I have caused you to be carried away captives; and pray unto the Lord for it; for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace. For thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; Let not your prophets and... | |
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