 | John Smalley - Congregational churches - 1803 - 448 pages
...curse my lord the king ? let me go over, I pray thee, and take off his head." David meekly replied, " Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord hath bidden him." However we may do well to be angry at the wicked instruments of what we suffer ; yet to God, who orders... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 534 pages
...which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life : hovv much more now [may this] Benjamite [do it ?] let him alone, and let him curse ; for the LORD hath bidden him, hath permitted thit, a» fiar t of my fmnishment ; I mill submit to God's ivili, and firejiare for... | |
 | Robert Coutts - Sermons - 1808 - 460 pages
...derived from their indulgence. Read, however, the account which David himself gave of the transaction. " Let him alone ; and let him curse : for the Lord " hath bidden him. It may be that the Lord will " look on mine affliction ; and that the Lord will ." requite me good... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 614 pages
...as Shimei's wickedness. That lewd tongue moved from God ; it moved lewdly from Satan. Wicked men are never the freer from guilt or punishment, for that hand which the Holy "od hath in their offensive actions. Yet David can say, Let him wane, and let him curse, for the Lord... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 498 pages
...my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it ? let him alone, and let him curse : for the LORD hath bidden him. It may be that the LORD will look on mine affliction, and that the LORD will requite me good for his... | |
 | Joseph Field - God - 1811 - 356 pages
...Shimei, in the following words, " So let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. — Let him alone, and let him curse : for the Lord hath bidden him." The same is signified in Micaiah's vision, as follows ; " 1 saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - Millennium (Eschatology) - 1811 - 506 pages
...done immediately by God himself. " So let him curse, because the Lord hath said unto him, Curse David. Let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden It is impossible David should express himself thus on this occasion, unless he viewed Shimei's wicked... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 512 pages
...own and reverence his hand in it. So did David in the day of his extreme distress. 2 Sam. xvi. 11. * Let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him.' We should be patient under whatever distress befals us, considering that God is our party, Job ii.... | |
 | Missions - 1821 - 632 pages
...sou, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh ray life; how much more now mtty this Benjamite da it? Let' him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him.— 2 Sam. xvi. 7, 9, 11. II. " lie that administers either correctiou or reproof whilst under the influence... | |
 | 1817 - 1082 pages
...my bowels, sceketh my p <.*.,,.„. life: how much more now may thit Ben- iOa. 15.4. jamite da it? ` 18 It may be that the LORD will look on mine ||f affliction, and that the LORD \or,im. will 'requite... | |
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Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him. 
