 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1790
...durft not Jhew you my Opinion. I faid, Days Jhould Jpeak, and Multitude of Tears Jhould teach WiJdom. But there is a Spirit in Man: and the Inspiration of the Almighty giveth them Under/landing : therefore hearken to me : I alfo will Jheio you my Opinion*. 7. A feventh Infcance... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805
...apology for his silence ; he was afraid of discovering his weakness, 1 and appearing rash and conceited. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom ; he expected a wise andfi.ll determination of the point from persons of their age and 8 experience.... | |
 | Thomas Clarkson - Society of Friends - 1806
...They say, in the first place, that it was the language of the holy men of old. i " I said, says Elihu, days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit (or the spirit itself is) in man, and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth him understanding." The... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808
...answered and said, I am young, and ye arc very old ; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not show you mine opinion. I said, days should speak, and multitude...should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man, and the in. spiration of the Almighty giveth them understand. ing. Great men are not always wise : neither... | |
 | 1809 - 959 pages
...shew you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days sho'iUl speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. -8 9 Great men are not aitvay* wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. 10 Therefore I said, Hearken... | |
 | Church of Scotland - Presbyterianism - 1810 - 600 pages
...me, and the prophets prophesied by Baal, and walked after things that do not profit. 0 Job xxxii. 7. I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. Ver. 9. Great men are not always wise : neither do the aged understand judgment. Eccl. iv. 13. Better... | |
 | Missions - 1848
...arrangement. — EDITOR.] In the thirty-second chapter of Job, in the seventh verse, it is thus written : " I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom." This is true in reference to individuals. Man, in his present state, has not the faculty of intuition.... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - 1815
...eternal undoing. — •• Suffer, then, my Reverend Fathers and Brethren, ; the word of exhortation. " I am young, and ye^ are very old ; wherefore I was...' and multitude of years should teach wisdom." But the necessities of mankind were urgent, and called loudly for immediate assistance. We have not a day... | |
 | James Gifford - 1815 - 272 pages
...JoHN iv, 24. The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. — 2 Sam. xxiii, 2. But there is a spirit in Man : and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.— xxxii, 8. SINCE the Supreme Being is declared in the sacred oracles to be strictly and truly ONE ;... | |
 | 1815
...said, 1 am young, and ye are very old ; wherefore I was afraid, and durst not shew you mine opinion. 7 I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. 8 But there is a spirit in man : and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. 9 Great... | |
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