 | Pierre Bayle - 1826 - 434 pages
...afflicted with a plague sent from God, he answered the prophet Gad, " I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies...are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14." To apply what has been said to a Spinozist, let us remember that he is obliged by... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1732 - 536 pages
...never forget theReafon of his Choice, Let us fall now, faith he to the Prophet Gad, into the Hands of the Lord, for his Mercies are great; and let me not fall into the Hand of Man. all all are Partakers, then are ye Baftards, and not Sons, Heb. xii. All things work together forgood... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...return to him that fent me. 14 And David faid unto<*ad, lam in a GREAT STRAIT : let us FALL now into the the HAND of the LORD (for his MERCIES are great) and let me not FALL into the HAND of Man. 15 So the LORD fent a PESTILENCE upon Ifrael, from the Morning even to the time appointed ; and there... | |
 | John Brailsford - 1776 - 334 pages
...preffure of guilt and defpair. Well therefore might David cry out with fuch earneftnefs, " Let " us fall now into the hand of the " Lord (for his mercies...great) " and let me not fall into the hand *' of man!" 3. Another circtimnance that {hews the comparative cruelty of man is, that God being omnifcient, knows... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1795 - 472 pages
...muft prefume to wield ; " Vengeance is mine, I will repay, faith the Lord." If I muft be punifiied, " let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for his...great : and let me not fall into the hand of man." -The only vengeance permitted to man is a vengeance of kindnefs and forgivenefs ; the only coals which... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - 1802 - 488 pages
...uniformity took place, on 2 Sam. xxiv. 14. And, David said unto God, I am in -a great strait; let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies...are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man. ^ As a specimen of his spirit and manner, it may not be amiss here to introduce a brief abstract of... | |
 | Andrew Lee - 1803 - 422 pages
...one who knows and pities his weaknefs, though he hath none of his own : " Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man." BUT the apoftle did not ftop with a declaration that the judgment of others did not move him ; he brought... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pages
...14 And David made an heroic and religious fefily, and said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD ; for his mercies...great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man. t lj. '. .'So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning even to the time appointed :\... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - 1807 - 730 pages
...his farewell sermon, on 2 Sam. xxiv. |4. " And David said unto God, I am in a great strait: let BS fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies...great, and let me not fall into the hand of man." '. After Mr. Calamy's ejectment, upon advising with his " friends at court, a petition for indulgence... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...a great strait. Doubtless, so he was : but his wise resolutions have soon brought him out ; Let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies...days' pestilence, to seven years' famine, and three montlts' vanquishment : so much odds he knew there was, betwixt the dull activity of man and the quick... | |
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Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 
