 | Church of England - 1825 - 432 pages
...the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his mercy also toward them that fear him. 18 Look how wide also the east is from the west : so far hath he set our sins from ns. 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that... | |
 | Thomas Secker - 1825 - 554 pages
...that, like as af other pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful to them that fear him ? For he knoweth whereof we are made ; he remembereth that we are but dust*. It is extremely unhappy, that when persons attend public discourses on religion, in which different... | |
 | William Paley - 1825 - 436 pages
...the vilest transgressors, much rather may we hope to be pardoned for our weakness and infirmities; for, he " knoweth whereof we are made, he remembereth that we are but dust;" nay, he hath assured us that he " will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax :" that... | |
 | Thomas Rennell - 1826 - 500 pages
...Psalms, he is represented as " full of compassion and mercy, long suffering and of great goodness, and like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him ; for he knoweth whereof we are made, he remembereth that we are but dust." Under the Gospel we find... | |
 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1828 - 560 pages
...long-suffering, and of great goodness ; he will not always be chiding, neither keepeth he his anger for ever. Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. For he knoweth whereof we are made : he remembereth that we are but dust. Praise the Lord, O my soul,... | |
 | 1828 - 220 pages
...the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. Ver. 11. Yea, like as a father pitieth his own children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. Ver. 13. Thou, O God, hast proved us : thou also hast tried us, even as silver is tried. Psal. Ixvi.... | |
 | 1828 - 924 pages
...full of COMPASSION and mercy, long-suffering, and of great goodness : yea, like as a FATHER piiietli his own children, even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. For he knowcth whereof we are made ; he remcmbereth that we are but dust." The second passage may be... | |
 | John Rogers Pitman - 1828 - 620 pages
...him : ' Like as a father pitieth his own children, so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him ; for he knoweth whereof we are made, he remembereth that we are but dust.' [ciii. 13, 14.] This gives us confidence, that he, for many wanderings, will not yet utterly cast us... | |
 | Church of England - 1829 - 668 pages
...the heaven is in comparison of the earth : so great is his nu-r also toward them that fear him. 12 Look how wide also the east is from the west : so...sins from us. 13 Yea, like as a father pitieth his on children : even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him. 14 For he knoweth whereof we are... | |
 | Cornelius Roosevelt Duffie - 1829 - 444 pages
...this most gracious relation in which God reveals himsslf to our miserable race 1 Do we believe, that like as a father pitieth his own children, even so is the Lord merciful unto them that fear him ? Have we read in the parable from which these words are taken, that representation which our Saviour... | |
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For look how high the heaven is in comparison of the earth ; so great is his mercy also toward them that fear Him. 
