| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 páginas
...without rain. Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to an heavy h.art. As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country. Deceit is in... | |
| Robert Leighton, George Jerment - 1805 - 544 páginas
...them, and strains them to break forth into praises. To an inheritance incorruptible.] As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon .nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy fieartc. Worldly mirth is so far from curing spiritual grief, that even* worldly grief, where it is... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 288 páginas
...that hath pity on the poor, lendeth to the Lord ? that •which he hath given, will he pay him again. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirfty, give him water to drink. He that planted the ear, ftiall he not hear ? He that formed the... | |
| Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 páginas
...houfe; frhake not thy vijits too frequent, nor too long ;j Itaft he bfr weary ol thee, and fo hate thee. If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat: and if he be thirfty.give him water to drink ; (far this t'tnevelcnce will warm and .melt his heart,) and the Lord... | |
| Francis Douce - 1807 - 528 páginas
...respect and attention, that the phrase in question might have originated from Proverbs, xxv. 22. " If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat ; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink ; for thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head." But this is a metaphor expressive of the pain which... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 páginas
...bone. XXV. 16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee. XXV. 20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon...nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. He, that offers music to a man in deep heaviness, doth as unseasonably, as he, that takes off a coverlid... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 páginas
...things, which are most pleasing and delightful to thy nature or appetite. • XXV. 20 As he that taketh away a garment in cold weather, and as vinegar upon...nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart. He, that oilers music to a man in deep heaviness, doth as unseasonably, as he, that takes off a coverlid... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1809 - 482 páginas
...tyrant : when I have fought with the men, I will be cruel with the maids;3 1 will cut oft' their heads. thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: for thou shall heap coals of fire upon his head," &c. Proverbs xxv, 22; — or as cittd in the Epistle... | |
| 1809 - 1150 páginas
...taketh away a garment in cold weather, and an vinegar upon nitre : so is he that singeth songs to an • ghc him water to drink : 2v For thou shall heap coals of finupon his head, and the LORD shall reward... | |
| Matthew Henry - 1809 - 312 páginas
...has forgotten them.. .their God hath forgotten them, and ' utterly separated them from his people ; as vinegar upon nitre, so is he that singeth songs to a heavy heart'.. ..Prov. xxv. 20. But, O ye of little faith, who thus doubt, would you not be made whole ? Would not... | |
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