| Edward Bather - 1840 - 586 Seiten
...how alarming also the necessity which urges ! " Let us not be weary of well-doing " yet : nor " let him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." Standing where I do, I cannot hesitate in the choice of a subject of discourse. Neither shall I change... | |
| 1883 - 498 Seiten
...one is almost sure to aid another, the matter shall be put to the proof. This was the quotation : " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." It is a proverb used, perhaps coined, by the notorious Ahab, King of Israel. How apposite the 170 AHAB'S... | |
| Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1856 - 860 Seiten
...and that the Museum will not less be a gainer by the Society. But remembering the sacred caution, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," I will avoid boasting, and be content to promise to do my best. Professor More moved that the thanks... | |
| 1885 - 302 Seiten
...our weapons of war. "Now," said Mr. Freeman, "you are equipped for the field, but 'Let not him hat girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off' (1 Kings xx. 1 1 ). You will have to learn the use of these things, and endure hardness as good soldiers." He then... | |
| David Thomas K. Drummond - 1841 - 404 Seiten
...who is found in the face of the enemy fighting hand to hand, and disputing every inch of ground. " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he who putteth it off." The true source of strength in preparation is watching unto prayer. Had the disciples... | |
| Henry Woodward - 1842 - 78 Seiten
...in spirit, in faith, in purity." But " let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall." " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off." George Gabriel had, with all his excellencies, certain points of weakness in his character. This his... | |
| Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 814 Seiten
...king. And to Ben-hadad's vain glorying in the numbers of his host, Ahab sent this instructive answer, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." If it is folly to presume on God's favour, where He has not promised it ; it is folly also to presume... | |
| William Goode - 1842 - 706 Seiten
...our learned Bishop White thus replies. "The Jesuit imagiueth that this argument is invincible. But let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off .... The argument reduced to form will discover its own weakness. ' If the text of the Scripture may... | |
| Abiel Abbot Livermore - 1842 - 392 Seiten
...saints may not always persevere unto the end. For as long as there is life, there is danger, and " let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself, as he that putteth it off." But, if faithful and circumspect, he who has opened his eyes to see that he is a soul, an immortal... | |
| William Goode - 1842 - 530 Seiten
...learned Bishop White thus replies. " The Jesuit imagineth that this argument is invincible. But Jet not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off .... The argument reduced to form will discover its own weakness. ' If the text of the Scripture may... | |
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