 | William Jones - Theology - 1801 - 354 pages
...he raises up enemies for the trial and exercise of good men, if their case require it. We are told, that when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Whence it follows, that if his enemies disturb him, this may happen, because there is something... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...hath made even both of them. A man's heart deviseth his way : but the Lord directeth his steps. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. The foolishness of man perverteth his way : and his heart fretteth against the Lord. The... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 476 pages
...fear of tile LOUD [men] depart from evil ; where true religion is there tei/i be reformation. 7 When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him ; he can calm their spirits and dis8 arm their resentment. Better [is] a little with righteousness... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 632 pages
...outward peace. Hear wise Solomon: By the blessing of the upright, the city is exalttd; Prov. xi. 11: When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him; Prov. xvi. 1: Righteousness exalteth a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people; Prov.... | |
 | James Morison - Bible - 1810 - 292 pages
...CHAP. XXXIII.—relates the meeting and affectionate interview of Jacob with Esau ; so true is it, ' that when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.' But we are here never to lose sight of Jacob as the leader of the two bands, going on before... | |
 | Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) - 1811 - 418 pages
...their Sovereign ?" Far be it from me to affirm either of these things! Yet he was a wise man, who said, that, when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him*: And I think it clear from the tenour of scripture, and even from our own experience, that... | |
 | Richard Hurd - Theology, Doctrinal - 1811 - 472 pages
...Sovereign ?" o Far be it from me to affirm either of these things ! Yet he was a wise man, who said, that, when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him*: And I think it clear from the tenour of scripture, and even from our own experience, that... | |
 | Thomas Branagan - Bibliography - 1812 - 370 pages
...be clothed with shame, and the dwelling-place of the wicked shall come to nought. Prov. xvi. 7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. Is. xxv. 5. Thou shalt bring down the noise of strangers as the heat in a dry place : even the heat with... | |
 | William Jay - Devotional literature - 1812 - 284 pages
...heart was softened upon the road, and lie fell upon Jacob's neck, kissed him, and wept. For " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh "even his enemies to be at peace with him." IV. It is worthy o£ out v\o\Xce, \*w« "^\&skm»!&. speaks of the governor oi o»fc Wa&xsA.... | |
 | Thomas Cogan - Christianity - 1813 - 528 pages
...but like the chaff which the wind driveth away." "He that walketh uprightly walketh surely." '* When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." " The hopes of the righteous shall be gladness, but the expectations of the wicked shall... | |
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The quotation which ye have made from Proverbs, in the third page of your testimony, that " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his " enemies to be at peace with him," is very unwisely chosen on your part; because it amounts to a proof,... 
