...filled the chest. " It is the Lord's doing — yea, his hand is here," solemnly added Lucas ; " ' but let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.' " A supply of ammunition completed their equipments ; and when every man had arrayed and armed himself...

...not suffice for handfulls for all the People that follow me. And the King of Israel said, Tell him, let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off. And when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the Kings in the Pavilions, he said,...

...answer to the proud and insolent Monarch, which every boastful man would do well to bear in mind : " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." Whatever men may do when the palm of victory is awarded them, and whatever estimate they may put upon...

...prostrate," and to raise the peal of triumph, to recollect the caution given to the Syrian king, " Let not him " that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth " it off." In my first letter, I called your attention to the following extract from the Pastoral Letter of the...

...in their shameful flight: it is well, if they can carry back those skins that they brought thither. 'Let not him, that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off.' There is no cause to fear that man that trusts in himself. Man may cast the dice of war, but the disposition...

...ornaments. Richardson. Harness is used for armour in our translation of the Bible. 1 Kings xx. 1 1 . Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off. Exod. xiii. 18. The children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 244. Paradise Regained...

...ornaments. Richardson. Harness is used for armour in our translation of the Bible. 1 Kings xx. 1 1 . Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putleth it off. Exod. xiii. 18. The children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt....

...towards self-confidence and presumption is dangerous, and will give the enemy an advantage against you. Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he thatputteth it off. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. God sometimes permits the...

...assertions. Joh a. — Still fa' o' self, Thomas ; ye might, by this time, ha'e remembered the wise saying, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." The disabilities o' Papists or Catholics are na in consequence o' their religious tenets ; they ha'e...

...their shameful flight : it is well if they can carry back those skins that they brought thither. " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." There is no cause to fear that man that trusts in himself. Man may cast the dice of war, but the disposition...