...objections presented in a new and specious form, it becomes every one to remember the old reproach, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. (1 Kings, xx. 11.) It is probable that many who are confident in the sincerity of their assurance have never...

...hearts. To do so, is folly in the extreme. "Let him that thiuketh he standeth, take heed lest he fall.. ..Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." SERMON XX. GENESIS XVIII. 25. " That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous...

...Thomas, as far as you are concerned, the conflict will never cease while you remain in the body ; " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off," 1 Kings xx. 11. It is alone in your great Head, Jesus, the Captain of your salvation, who hath triumphed over...

...half the usual time, and I know not what; new ribbons and true blue for Poll and Bess, &c. &c. But " let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off;" nor the ship that is going out in search of whales, as that which hath returned with the oil. There...

...own heart, to d.oub{ his brother also, yet it is clearly according to truth, to tell that brother, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off;" because such boasting betrays a lamentable ignorance of the nature of the conflict to which he is called,...

...loosing of their travelling gear, and taking off their burdens. A similar usage occurs 1 Kings 20. 11, 'Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that pullel/i it off;' Heb. ' as he that openeth it.' Ps. 102. 20, ' To loose those that are appointed to...

...Ahab, who was in the city, with insolent messages ; but Ahab significantly reproved him by saying, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." Ahab then reviewed the people in Samaria, who amounted to 7000, and making a sally at noon-day, (while...

...with the harmlessness of the dove."] 1 Matt. x. 37. CCCL. AGAINST SELF-CONFIDENCE. 1 Kings xx. 11. Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. In considering this counsel, it is my intention to point out, HOWEVER blinded men are in reference...

...hamlfals for all the people that follow me. 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself, as he that mitteth it off. 12 And it came to piss, when Ben-hadaii heard this message, (as he was drinking, he...

...insurrectionary power, he ought to have asked himself also what was to be expected if it should. ' Let not he that girdeth on his harness boast himself, as he that putteth it off'!' The sort of language which he holds towards Louis Philip's government was held toward the Directory...