 Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.  The Twentieth Century - Page 2991897Full view - About this book
 | Lindley Murray - 1812 - 378 pages
...the wisdom of Agur's petition : "• Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty . nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me :...poor, and steal; and take the name of my God in vain. BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience and omnipresence of the DEITY, the source - ', .' of consolation to... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...wealth and pinching poverty, according to Augur's prayer, Prov. xxx. 8, 9. * Give me neither poverty, nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me :...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain'. — That Satan and the corruptions of the heart are sometimes -most busy, when people are setting themselves... | |
 | 1813 - 580 pages
...vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty n<:r riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : Ver. 9. Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say. Who is the...lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my Gnct in vain. 194. u Matt. vi. 12. vi Rom. iii./rom Verse 9. to 22. Ver. 9. What then > are we better... | |
 | John Murray - 1813 - 438 pages
...me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thce, and say who is the LORD ? Or, lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Having food and raiment, let us be therewith content. The bread which perisheth is a figure of the... | |
 | rev. John Brougham - 1813 - 344 pages
...riches, '• feed me with food convenient for me, " lest I be; full and deny thee, and say, " who is t he Lord ? or lest I be poor and " steal, a.nd take the name of my God " in vain. " But whatever situation the providence of God may have allotted us in this world, let us adopt the... | |
 | Ezra Stiles Ely - 1813 - 278 pages
...to-day, which is worthy of record on the annals of the poor-. Well dM Agur pray, " give me not poverty, lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." His Honour the Mayor, De Witt Clinton, in the performance of his official duty, passed sentence on... | |
 | Assembly of divines larger catech - 1813 - 158 pages
...(p), vows (q ), and lots (r), violating of our and deny thce, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I he poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. (.§-) Mal. 1. 6. A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master : if then I he a father, where... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 470 pages
...— Agur's prayer, with the reasons of his wish, are full to this purpose : " Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me; lest...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." From what hath been said, I shall, in the second place, offer some considerations, that may be useful... | |
 | William Jay - 1814 - 552 pages
...But indigence has its perils ; hence the prayer of wisdom has always been, " Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with " food convenient for me...and " steal, and take the name of my God in vain." Sensible things press upon the body, and the body affects the mind. The world has the advantage of... | |
 | Jonathan Swift - 1814 - 468 pages
...— Agur's prayer, with the reasons of his wish, are full to this purpose : " Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me ;...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." From what hath been said, I shall, in the second place, offer some considerations, that may be useful... | |
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