 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 316 pages
...me, I pray yon; snd they came near: and he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5 Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry * with yourselves,...for God did send me before you, to preserve life. 6 For these two years hath the famine been in the land : and yet there are .five years, in the which... | |
 | William Gilpin - 1821 - 448 pages
...honours — that of preserving a whole people. " And " now (as he tells his brethren) be not angry " that ye sold me hither, for God did send me " before you to preserve life." And though in every instance the whole proceeding of God Almighty may not be made out so plainly as it... | |
 | 1822 - 554 pages
...brethren, Come near to me, I pray you : and they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now, therefore, be not grieved,...hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and yet there are five years, in the which there... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - 470 pages
...hatk showed. no mercy. » 1 King?, sir. If? VOL. T. I SERMON XXVi. ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH. ffow therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves...; for God did send me before you to preserve life. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God. GENESIS, xlv. 5. 8. IN this generous manner, Joseph... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 516 pages
...power. The apology which he makes in the text for their former cruelty is uncommon and remarkable. Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves...hither; for God did send me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it ti.as not you... | |
 | Christopher Benson - 1822 - 472 pages
...question which the Patriarch revolved within himself, and we have his answer in the text. " And he said, Be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold...for God did send me before you to preserve life. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save you by a great deliverance.... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1822 - 470 pages
...mercy who hath showed no mercy. * 1 Kings, six. IE. VOL. I. SERMON XXVL ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH. Now therefore be not grieved nor angry with yourselves that ye sold mt hither ; for God did send me before you to preserve life. So now it was not you that sent me hither,... | |
 | Jacob Catlin - 1824 - 314 pages
...On this ground, Joseph administered comfort, rather than rebuke to his wicked and cruel brethren. " Now, therefore, be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves...for God did send me before you to preserve life." " As for you, ye thought evil against me ; but God meant it unto good." You acted a criminal part ;... | |
 | 1828 - 594 pages
...the punishment they deserve, although it is eternal damnation. Hence said Joseph to his brethren, " Now, therefore, be not grieved nor angry with yourselves,...; for God did send me before you, to preserve life :" As much as if he had said: ' Be not sorry for the existence of your conduct, or wish that it had... | |
 | John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...instead of revenging upon his brethren their injury of him, spake kindly to his brethren, and said, Be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye...: for God did send me before you to preserve life, &c. So now, it was not you that sent me hither, but God, &c. — Gen. xlv. 5—8. 1. 19—21. Though... | |
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Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life. 
