 | John Donne - 1839 - 604 Seiten
...vi. ^. ^ Exod. iv. 10. bo employed in God's service. So when God employed Jeremy, the prophet says, 0 Lord God, behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child*; but God replies, say not thou, lama child; for whatsoever I command thee, thou shalt speak. When God bids... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1840 - 88 Seiten
...slow of speech and of a slow tongue." Jeremiah showed that he had been taught of God, when he cried, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child ! " Though Paul was not one whit behind the very chiefest apostles, yet he appears to admit from the... | |
 | Thomas Williams - 1841 - 68 Seiten
...slow of speech and of a slow tongue." Jeremiah showed that he had been taught of God, when he cried, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child !" Though Paul was not one whit behind the very chiefest apostles, yet he appears to admit from the... | |
 | Joshua Wells Downing - 1841 - 346 Seiten
...discharge of my arduous duties. And yet I do not know that I ever before could say with deeper emotion, " Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child." When I reflect that men are greatly influenced by first impressions, and that these impressions may... | |
 | Joseph Holdich - 1842 - 488 Seiten
...the spirit in which he commenced his labours there, and as a specimen of his mode of sermonizing : " 'Then said I, Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child.' — Jeremiah, i., 6. " In the case of Jeremiah, we see that of the Gospel preacher at the present day.... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 Seiten
...thou eamest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. 6 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee,... | |
 | Francis Close - 1842 - 254 Seiten
...meet him on every side. " Who is sufficient for these things?" (2 Cor. ii. 16.) He is ready to say, " Ah, Lord God ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child," (Jer. i. 6) ; " Lord, send, I pray thee, by the hand of him whom thou wilt send," (Exod. iv. 13) ;... | |
 | Joshua Wells Downing - 1842 - 346 Seiten
...discharge of my arduous duties. And yet I do not know that I ever before could say with deeper emotion, " Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak; for I am a child." When I reflect that men are greatly influenced by first impressions, and that these impressions may... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1844 - 768 Seiten
...This commission was given the year after Josiah began his reformation. Jeremiah returned for answer, " Ah ! LORD GOD ! behold, I cannot speak ; for I am a child." He felt the arduousness of a prophet's office; the firmness and intrepidity which were required to... | |
 | William Evans - 1845 - 496 Seiten
...vision. I remembered the humiliating language of one formerly, who was ordained a prophet to the nations; "Ah, Lord God! behold, I cannot speak, for I am a child." Such a sense of natural and creaturely impotence, notwithstanding any gifts or qualifications which... | |
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Ah, Lord GOD ! behold, I cannot speak : for I am a child. 7 But the LORD said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak. 
