 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord...  A System of Revealed Religion ... - Page 2121819Full view - About this book
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 144 pages
...make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.- Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in...and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord. Deut. 4. 39. Ps. 100. 3. 2 Pet. 1. 8. Jer. 9. 23, 24. || Job 22. 21. Hos.... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - 1823 - 512 pages
...declare it; I shall only recommend the Prophet's advice Jer. ;\. 83, concerning such things : Let not the wise man glory in his **• wisdom, neither let...this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am tlie Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: that is, nothing... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - 1823 - 146 pages
...make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.- Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in...riches : But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understaiuleth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise loving-kindness, judgment,... | |
 | 1823 - 542 pages
...lesson, does that narrative afford to the ungodly rich man ! " Let not, then, the wise тая glory m his - wisdom; neither let the mighty man glory in...glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me." How miserable is the state of those who, amidst the sorrows of dus life, and the reproaches of their... | |
 | 1823 - 154 pages
...glory in the Lord. (I. Cor. 1.27 to3l.) 30. Are the wise, the mighty, and the rich, forbidden to glory? Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in...glory in his might: let not the rich man glory in his riches. (9 Jer. 23.) 31. Did St. James caution against despising the poor when compared with the... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 528 pages
...declared in the Scriptures, that the infinitely wise and benevolent God orders all things aright. ' Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in...righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.' With such a government as this, it is evident, all persons ought to be... | |
 | Martin Luther - 1824 - 588 pages
...knowing who and what he is ! To the same effect are the words of Jeremiah also, chap. ix. " Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the...loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth." And it is the same thing that this text also is intended to set forth — ' If thou wilt have eternal... | |
 | John Newton, Richard Cecil - 1824 - 634 pages
...is pre* Rom. iv. 2. Ser. 5. asserted and illustrated. 409 vented. The word of the Lord is, " Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the...understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord*." For whatever outward advantages some may seem to possess, as to the things of God they stand altogether... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 pages
...eternal, to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent ;' Johu xvii. 3. ' Thus, therefore, saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his...glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me ;' Jer. ix. 23, 24. It was for these reasons that St. Paul, speaking of his visit to the Corinthians,... | |
 | Philip Skelton - 1824 - 562 pages
...eternal, to know the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent;' John xvii. 3. ' Thus, therefore, saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his...glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me ;' Jer. ix. 23, 24. It was for these reasons that St. Paul, speaking of his visit to the Corinthians,... | |
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