 | 1827 - 676 pages
...should be mixed with severity : he will say, " Let the righteous smite me, and it shall be a kindness, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head," Ps. cxli. 5. He will be glad of the assistance and advice of his brethren, for he knows his own weakness,... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...thing, to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity : and let me not eat of their dainties. 5 man that κ a 0 Ԁ 0 " 1828 Hil...shall be" Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I h 6 When their judges are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet. 7... | |
 | 1828 - 396 pages
...lives. In relation, however, to any error of mine, either of this or of any other kind, I can only say, "Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness...shall not break my head : for yet my prayer also shall he in their calamities." Psalm cxli. 5.— PH1LO. (ET Mr. Kneeland's Key to bis new syrtem of orthography... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 pages
...righteous, which he esteems as medicinal oil, penetrating and yet healing. "Let the righteous smite me, and it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me, it...an excellent oil, which shall not break my head," Ps. cxli. 5. Elsewhere, from the secretly penetrating nature o£ oil, it is made a comparison for the... | |
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...for him; David hearkened and arose, and sat in the gate, as Joab advised. — 2 Sam. xix. 5 — 8. Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness; and let him reprove me, it shall be as excellent oil which shall not break my head. — Ps. cxli. 5. A wise man will hear, and will increase... | |
 | Samuel Nott - 1828 - 412 pages
...reproved, say. " let the righteous smite me and it shall be a kindness, and let him reprove me. and it shall be an excellent oil which shall not break my head.'' Yes, receive reproof — ever hear the reproof of life, and you will feel it to be a kindness as long... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 538 pages
...chief duties ; and privileges too. Faithful are the wounds of a friend : and so David valued them — " Let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness...yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities." Moses makes the omission the proof of hatred — "Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart :... | |
 | 1829 - 560 pages
...admonitions with patience and with humility, like the Psalmist, who says, " Let the righteous smite me, ¡t shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break; 144 ON EVANGELICAL HOPE. my bead." An innocent person may be calumniated, and may be generally thought... | |
 | John Angell James - 1829 - 216 pages
...bear reproof with meekness. Few know how to give reproof with propriety, still fewer how to bear it. " Let the righteous smite me ; it shall be a kindness ; and let him reprove me, it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head." How small is the number who can adopt this language... | |
 | Elizabeth Ussher - 1829 - 118 pages
...would have afforded suitable instruction or reproof. I look not for consolation or encouragement, but "let the righteous smite me, it shall be a kindness, and let him reprove me, it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head." O were I to tell thee the various plungings of my... | |
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Let the righteous smite me; it shall be a kindness: and let him reprove me; it shall be an excellent oil, which shall not break my head: for yet my prayer also shall be in their calamities. 
