 Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown...  Changeling: And Other Stories - Page 259by Donn Byrne - 1923 - 416 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Richard Alleine - Christian life - 1852 - 402 pages
...excellence and their rarity. (1.) Prize it according to its worth and excellence. Why, what is the worth ? " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be contemned." The whole world is not of sufficient value to be a price for love ; no, it must come... | |
 | Thomas Williams - Bible - 1801 - 366 pages
...the fiery flame of JAH. Bridegroom. Many waters cannot quench love ; Neither can the floods drown it. If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned. THIS Section begins with a question from the virgins, alluding, I conceive, to the spouse's coming... | |
 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...the pleasure he should take in eating it, if he did. In this sense, the saying of Solomon is true, " If a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned ;" that is, totally unavailing. One may wish for his own sake, that he loved God... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...[which hath] a. most ve7 hement flame. Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. i 8 We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts : what shall 9 we do for our sister in the day... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - Baptists - 1807 - 546 pages
...not leave them so. As such therefore we must come to him for pardoning mercy, if we come at all ; and if a man would give all the substance of his house for it, it would be utterly contemned. The language of the law is, Pay me what thou owest! But the gospel... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...vehement and extreme fire : VIII. 1 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. ^ Yea, more than any fire; for any flame yet may be quenched with water, but all the water of afflictions... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...vehement and extreme fire: VIII. 1 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned. Yea, more than any fire; for airy flame yet may be quenched •with water, but all the water of afflictions... | |
 | Robert Coutts - Sermons - 1808 - 460 pages
...considerations centering in self. Love, even from a brother mortal, cannot be attracted by a bribe. " If a man would give all the " substance of his house for love, it would utterly " be contemned."f It must be the free-will offering of one mind to another ; of a mind capable to discern... | |
 | John Newton - 1808 - 624 pages
...place. Remember that " God is a spirit J," and unless you love him, you cannot possibly please him. If ,a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would be utterly contemned. His commandments likewise are spiritual ; they extend beyond the surface of the... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...which hath a most vehement flame. 7 Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it : made an end of offering burnt-offerings and pcaceofterings, he blessed the people in the na 8 If We have a little sister, and she 544 Tsaioh's conij'i faint (if Jutlah. hiith no breasts : what... | |
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