The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. The Anglo-Saxon - Page 181849 - 32 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Fox - 1694 - 504 pages
...father to the poor, he delivered the £oor that cried, and the fatherless that had none to help ; ow he brake the jaws of the wicked and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. But oh! measure thy life and his, and take heed of the day of God's eternal judgment which will come,... | |
| Samuel Stennett - 1769 - 454 pages
...blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor, and the caufe that I knew not I fearched out ; and I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his teeth"1. Mercy hath refpe<St alfo to the fpiritual as well as temporal diftrefles... | |
| John Wesley, George Story - 1818 - 934 pages
...that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. — I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out." Bristol bears witness to this, for the tears of the objects of his Christian benevolence, have, as... | |
| 1803 - 402 pages
...the widow's heart to " sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet " was I to the lame ; I was a father to the poor, and " the cause which I knew not I searched out. Did " not I weep for him that was in trouble ? Was " not my soul grieved for the poor ? Let me be "... | |
| John Smalley - 1803 - 454 pages
...; whose judgment was a robe and a diadem : who searched out the cause which he knew not ; and broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth — Such a character, when found in remote history, is universally admired. How then does it come to... | |
| George Fox - 1803 - 436 pages
...father to the poor, he delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless that had none to help. He broke the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. But oh ! measure thy life and his, and take heed of the day of God's eternal judgment, which \rill... | |
| Charles Rollin - 1803 - 472 pages
...[e] He put on righteousness, and it clothed him ; his judgment was as a robe and a diadem : [f] he brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of their teeth : [«•] and the pleasing fruit he reaped from his zeal was the satisfaction of having... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not...the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. My root was spread out... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pages
...lame ; / directed the ignorant 16 and fte rplcxc d, and hel/ied the weak and the fer ble. I [was] a father to the poor : and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out ; I was not only a patron, but a father to the floor, providing for him, as well as protecting him... | |
| Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 540 pages
...judgment was as a robe and a dia" dem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I " to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and " the cause which I knew not, I searched out. I " brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked " the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall "... | |
| |