 Can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him; but he shall not return to me." To what end (saith the resigned mourner) should I fast now the child is dead ? Why should I add grief to grief; which, being a volunteer, increases the affliction I already...  Sermons on Several Occasions - Page 477by John Wesley - 1855Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Priestley - Sermons, American - 1805 - 398 pages
...God will be gracious to me, that the child may live; but now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? Can I bring him back again; I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. 2 Sam. XII, 22. This conduct argues the greatest strength of mind, which few... | |
 | James Plumptre - Songs, English - 1811 - 524 pages
...God will be gracious (o me, that the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me". (2 Samuel xii. 21—23.) In the next Song, " Dried be that tear, my gentlest... | |
 | John Wesley - Clergy - 1812 - 446 pages
...young Man, Son of one of his Parishioners. 2 SAMUEL XII. 23. " Now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him,- but he shall not return to me" THE resolution of a wise and good man, just recovering the use of his reason... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1813 - 268 pages
...whcther God will be gracious to me that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me." The solicitude of David for his child, his earnest wish that it might recover,... | |
 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...be gracious to me, that the child may live î Ver. 23. But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again! I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. '' l lohn v. 16. If any man see his brother din a sin which is not unto death,... | |
 | Alexander M'Leod - Presbyterian Church - 1813 - 166 pages
...l>od will be gracious v> me, that the child may live ? But now he is dead, whiT'-fore should 1 fast ? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. (e) Mat. 6. 3. After this manner therefore pray \e : Our Father which art in... | |
 | Assembly of divines larger catech - 1813 - 158 pages
...God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me. (rf) 1 John 5. 16. If any man set: his brother sin a sin which is not unto... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...God will be gracious to me, that the child may live: but, now he is dead, wherefore should I ^fast ? Can I bring him back again ? I SHALL GO TO HIM, BUT HE SHALL NOT RETURN TO ME: 2 Sam. xii. 21—23. Present circumstances also admonish you to KNOW YOUR OPPORTUNITY... | |
 | Church of England, Sir John Bayley - 1816 - 738 pages
...be gracious to me, that " the child may live. 23. But now he is « dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I " bring him back again ? I shall go to him, «' but he shall not return to me." 24. And David comforted Bath-sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1817 - 298 pages
...God will be gracious to me, that the child may live ? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast ? can I bring him back again ? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me 2 Sam. xii. 15—23. The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear... | |
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