 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God : how great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : when I awake, I am still with thee.  The Fatherhood of God - Page 264by Thomas Griffith - 1862 - 271 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United Brethren in Christ - Hymns - 1754 - 828 pages
...book were all my members written, which day by day were fafhioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God : how great is the fum of them ! If I ihould count them, they are more in number than the fand : when I wake up, I am... | |
 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1770 - 518 pages
...hours of retirement. Thefe things will be a great evidence for, or againft thy foul. David could fay, " How precious are thy " thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the fum of them : *' If I thould count them, they are more in number than the *' fand ; when I awake, I... | |
 | Robert MacCulloch - Bible - 1794 - 738 pages
...hearts, are good thoughts, which ripen into actions ; and therefore David, kingof Ifrael, thus fpeaks : ' How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! ' how great is the fum of them !' The thoughts that * Gal. ». 22. t PI" 1 - i• "• t M*" 11 i"' 8 ' |; Pro?, xii.... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - Sermons - 1795 - 540 pages
...faith make ufe of him. And what think ye of him ! 4. What think ye of his thoughts? Pfal. cxxxix. 17. " How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! how great is the fum of them ! If I count them," fays he, " they are more in number than the fand : When I awake, I... | |
 | John Flavel - Christian life - 1801 - 218 pages
...kept, feeds many precious thoughts of God in a day, Fsal. cxxxix. 17. How precious are thy thoughts to me, O God! how great is the sum of them ! if I should count them, they are more iu number than the sand ; and when I awake, I ara still with thee.... | |
 | John Allen - 1802 - 1326 pages
...it enjoys a sweet sensation of it, that like one overcome and lost in conceiving of it, cries out, How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O GOD ! How great is the sum of them ? Herein is love, love to a wonderful degree ! behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed upon... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1802 - 644 pages
...David, and say, How many are thy gracious thoughts unto me, 0 Lord ! Haw great is the sum of them ! When I would count them, they are more in number than the sand^-. You indeed know where to begin the survey ; for the favours of God begun with your being. Commemorate... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1802 - 626 pages
...David, and say, How many are thy gracious thoughts unto me, O Lord ! How great is the sum of them ! When I would count them, they are more in number than the sand^. You indeed know where to begin the survey ; for the favours of God begun with your being. Commemorate... | |
 | William Huntington - Death - 1804 - 606 pages
...written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. How precious also are thy thoughts unto me. O God ! how great is the sum of them !" Here we see, first, the formation of the body of Christ in the virgin's womb, by the power of the... | |
 | Morning and evening prayers - 1818 - 714 pages
...assurance of such a life, and, by his precepts and examples, thou hast shown me the way to secure it. How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God, how great is the sum of them ! In vain should I attempt to count the number, or estimate the value, of thy favours. They relate... | |
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