 | Hannah More - 1832 - 564 pages
...motive for our duty than his injunctions ; hear his affectionate apostrophe — ' Oh that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river !' It was that his goodness might have the precedency of his Omnipotence that he vouchsafed to give... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 698 pages
...which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way which thou shouldst go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea."§ II. Its effects on his character and conduct : " none of... | |
 | Jean Frédéric Ostervald - 1833 - 434 pages
...God, which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Lastly, It appears from this chapter, that, if God is engaged... | |
 | Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go. 31 O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: 32 For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished... | |
 | Joseph John Gurney - 1833 - 572 pages
...which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou ehouldest go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea :" xlviii, 17, 18. It was the complaint of Jesus against the... | |
 | John Barclay - 1833 - 200 pages
...which teacheth thee to proSt, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldst go, O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river } and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea." Isaiah xlviii. 17. 18. " Having it on my mind to visit a meeting... | |
 | Robert Hall - 1833 - 708 pages
...which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way which thou shouldst go. O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea."§ II. Its effects on his character and conduct : " none of... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...to the Lord our King over the wall ; and Joab retires, and peace is restored — О that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Was she a loser by tliis sacrifice ? " And the Lord visited... | |
 | Isaac Taylor - 1833 - 536 pages
...:" — " thou wast called a transgressor from the womb." — " O that 83 Isai. xi I. 2. thou hadst hearkened to my commandments ! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea!"24 The task of the prophets, as we have observed, was that almost... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1834 - 384 pages
...xxix. 18. He that keepeth the law, happy is he. Isa. xlviii. 18. Thus saith the Lord, O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments, then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea. Jer. vi. 16. Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways and see,... | |
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O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! Then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea... 
