 | Robert Jenkin - 1708 - 606 pages
...impenitent againft all the methods which God has been pleafed to ufe to reclaim them. For of fuch ,M 3 6. It is the Glory of God to conceal A thing, but the honour of Kings is to fearcb out a matter, Prov. XXV. 2. The obfcurity of Prophecies may bedefignedto abate the confidence,... | |
 | Benjamin Whichcote - 1751 - 460 pages
...anfwereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly andjhame to him. Prov. xxv. 2. On the contrary ; it is the glory of God to conceal a thing ; but the honour of the king is to fearch out the matter. Thus I think 1 have given you, if not a certain, yet a very rational... | |
 | David Durell - 1772 - 326 pages
...explains the Word as I do. This is the only Place where it occurs in either of thefe Senfes. V. 2. It is the Glory of God to conceal a Thing : but the Honour of Kings is to fearch out a Matter. DoSa "1231 — "OT inDn D»nStf "DD : "QT Ipn ] Thefe Hemiftics are not I apprehend... | |
 | 1788 - 598 pages
...I * HESE are alfo proJL verbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2 // is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the honour of kings is to fearch out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unfearchable,... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 pages
...foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Chap. xxv. 2 — It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. Ver. 5 — Take away the wicked from'before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...capacity cannot reach unto ; but as for these human affairs, they may be searched into : VOL. HI. R XXV. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the ho* now of kings is to search out a matter. and it is the glory of kings to fathom them, even to the... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...thereof. THLSE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2 // i* K 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings it unsearchable. 4 Take away... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...CHAP. XXV. 1 HESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings is unsearchable. 4 Take away... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pages
...their own will- t But for the sciences, which contemplate nature, the sacred philosopher declares, " It is the glory of God to conceal a thing ; but the glory of the king to find it out." As if the Divine Being thus indulgently condescended to exercise... | |
 | 1819 - 654 pages
...maid." — " There be three things which go well, a greyhound, att he-goat also, and a king." — " It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honour of kings is to search out a matter." — " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee, and put a knife... | |
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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 
