| Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - 512 pages
...HEAD, AND FELL DOWN UPON THE GROUND AND WORSHIPPED, AND SAID, NAKED CAME I OUT OF MY MOTHER'S WOMB, AND NAKED SHALL I RETURN THITHER : THE LORD GAVE, AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY; BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD. " THIS was behaviour truly fublime, the nobleft homage... | |
| 1815 - 892 pages
...he said, " These knees have never failed before for forty years; we must not complain now. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; and blessed be the name of the Lord. Thank God, I havR no will of my own, respecting life or death. I would not choose for myself, nor be... | |
| Clara Reeve - 1803 - 400 pages
...that falls from the lips of my angelic son. — Alas ! I know not how soon August 1. — " The Lord gave, and the Lord " hath taken away ; and blessed be the name of " the Lord!" Here endeth the history, the earthly hopes, and the name of Sennet. CONTINUATION OF THE FAMILY HISTORY... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1804 - 142 pages
...was with jfob, who, while the Sabeans wickedly robbed him, eyed the hand of God, and said, "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the" Lord."* And thus it was * Job 1. > with David, while Shimei wickedly abused him, going i along on the hill... | |
| John Fletcher - 1804 - 360 pages
...adding one more little cherub to the heavenly heft ; and in this light you may well say, The Lord gaoe, and the Lord hath taken away, and blessed be the name of the Lord i He is better thin ten. fons. Your fon is in his bofom, and this new cord Should now draw you from... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...receive good at the hand of God, and shall \ve not receive evil ? Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I .return thither : the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the Lord. Though he slay me, yet will 1 trust in him. He also shall... | |
| Mary Blackburn Cobb - 1805 - 358 pages
...his blessing to it, and enable you while reflecting on this affliction to say, — " The LORD gave, " the LORD hath taken away, and blessed be " the name of the LORD ;" those words were spoken by Job, that eminent servant of GOD, when under a far more calamitous trial... | |
| Richard Bowden - 1806 - 40 pages
...result of this sorrowful visitation, I could feel reconciled and thankful—I could say, " the " Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away, and " blessed be the name of the Lprd!" Now, my dear Sir, I can say, " truly the Lord " is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble,... | |
| James Fisher - 1806 - 352 pages
...patience, when he was stripped of all his wealth and children, " Naked came I " out of my mother's womb, and naked shall " I return thither ; the Lord gave, and the " Lord hath taken away ; blessed be the " name of the Lord." " What ? shall we " receive good at the hand of God,... | |
| 1807 - 570 pages
...and fell down upon the ground, and worshipped, 2 1 .And said, Nuked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither. The LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away ; blessed be the name of the LORD; 22 In all this Job sinned not, nor choired Gt>d foolishly.... | |
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