 | Books - 1797 - 618 pages
...favour of a virtuous life, from the Christian doctrine of a future state, as expressed in the words, " It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of God." Mrs. Kippis was the worthy relict of that excellent man the late Dr. Kippis, well known in the... | |
 | Robert Hawker - Sermons - 1801 - 276 pages
...faithfulness . God the Holy Ghost hath caused it to be left on record, with peculiar emphasis, that it is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the Salvation of the Lord. * Our subject is capable of being extended to many other cases, in proof of the doctrine itself, that... | |
 | Great Britain - 1802 - 764 pages
...?' and of impatience, ' why should I ' wait for the Lord any longer?' — but patience whispers, ' it is good that a • man should both hope, and quietly ' wait for the salvation of the Lord.' — To long for pardon, and to feel only an increased sense of guilt; to implore relief, and to be... | |
 | Herman Witsius - Covenant theology - 1803 - 476 pages
...pleased to receive him into favour, not omitting his duty to God in the mean time, Lament, iii. 26. " it is good, that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of tho Lord." XXVI. To him who acts in this manner, will come, at length will come, the blessed day, when... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...hath them still in remembrance, and is humbled in me. This I recall to my mind, therefore have 1 hope. It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed,...hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. It is good for a man that he bear the yoke in his youth. He sitteth alone and keepeth silence, because... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - Bible - 1807 - 550 pages
...fathers. Lam. iii. 24. The Lord is my portion, saith my soul, therefore will I hope in him. Ver. 26. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Ver. 29. He putteih iii.-. mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope. Ver. 51. For the Lord will... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...for God's salvation, Gen. xlix. 18. " I have waited for thy salvation, O God." Lam. iii. 25, 26. " The Lord is good unto them that wait for him ; to...and quietly wait for, the salvation of the Lord." Mic. vii. 7. " I will wait for the God of my salvation." Agreeably to this, despising the pleasant... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...for God's salvation, Gen. xlix. 18. " I have 'waited for thy salvation, O God." Lam. iii. 25, 26. " The Lord is good unto them that wait for him ; to...and quietly wait for, the salvation of the Lord." Mic. vii. 7. " I will wait for the God of my salvatipn." Agreeably to this, despising the pleasant... | |
 | James Thomson (minister at Quarrelwood.) - 1808 - 592 pages
...therefore will I hope in him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh hirn. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord." Lain. iii. 24—26. He will rest in love. 3. Tins doctrine suggests to the believer the propriety of... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...for a rebel to accuse his Sovereign, for a delinquent to criminate his Judge. It is good, therefore, that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord, for he does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men." 1 Sam. iii. 18. Lam. iv. 26, 33.... | |
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The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. The Lord is good unto them that wait for Him, to the soul that seeketh Him. It is good that a man should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. 
