 Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor...  A System of Revealed Religion ... - Page 2491819Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...views of human life, and human happiness. Remember, and admire, the wisdom of Agur's petition : "• Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poor, and steal; and take the name of my God in vain. BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience and omnipresence of the DEITY, the source - ', .' of consolation to... | |
 | William Jay - 1812 - 284 pages
...through Christ Jesus. Two things have I re' quired of thee; deny me them not before I die. Re" move far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither " poverty,...and steal, and take the " name of my God in vain. Lord my heart is not " haughty, nor mine eyes lofty : neither do I exercise " myself in great matters,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...wealth and pinching poverty, according to Augur's prayer, Prov. xxx. 8, 9. * Give me neither poverty, nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me :...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain'. — That Satan and the corruptions of the heart are sometimes -most busy, when people are setting themselves... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1812 - 438 pages
...Agur's prayer, with the reasons of his wish,, are full to this purpose : " Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me ;...the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take Uie name of my God in vain." From what hath been said, I shall, in the second place, offer some considerations,... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD, Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto.you. /Prov. xxx. 9. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. g Mai. i. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 470 pages
...— Agur's prayer, with the reasons of his wish, are full to this purpose : " Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me; lest...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." From what hath been said, I shall, in the second place, offer some considerations, that may be useful... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...But indigence has its perils ; hence the prayer of wisdom has always been, " Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with " food convenient for me...and " steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Sensible things press upon the body, and the body affects the mind. The world has the advantage of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 468 pages
...— Agur's prayer, with the reasons of his wish, are full to this purpose : " Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me ;...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." From what hath been said, I shall, in the second place, offer some considerations, that may be useful... | |
 | Ephraim Wood - 1815 - 384 pages
...the Christian Observer, p. 413. vol. iv. confession of faith and prayer, says, " Two things have 1 required of thee; deny me them not before I die: remove...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain!" Prov. c. 30— 7—9. Again, I cannot go so far as the late celebrated Dr. Buchan, that " a sound mind... | |
 | 1815 - 294 pages
...wall in his own conceit. I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me :...heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. The .wicked biesseth the covetoUs, whom the Lord abhorreth. They that trust in their wealth, and boast... | |
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