 | Lewis Bayly (bp. of Bangor.) - 1719 - 490 pages
...chaftifement, he chofe rather tq be corrected by the hand of God, than by any other means ; * Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great ; And let we not fa.ll into the hand of man. Who will not take any afrt&ion in good part, when it cometh from... | |
 | Pierre Bayle - Biography - 1826 - 434 pages
...with a plague sent from God, he answered the prophet Gad, " I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14." To apply what has been said to a Spinozist, let... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...return to him that fent me. 14 And David faid unto<*ad, lam in a GREAT STRAIT : let us FALL now into the the HAND of the LORD (for his MERCIES are great) and let me not FALL into the HAND of Man. 15 So the LORD fent a PESTILENCE upon Ifrael, from the Morning even... | |
 | John Brailsford - Sermons, English - 1776 - 334 pages
...aflurance, therefore, that David fo ftrenuoufly pronounced the words of the text, " Let us fall now into the hand of " the Lord (for his mercies are great) " and let me not fall into the hand " of man." £ 2 But t 5* I But why need we recur to the experience of former... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1795 - 472 pages
...wield ; " Vengeance is mine, I will repay, faith the Lord." If I muft be punifiied, " let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for his mercies are great : and let me not fall into the hand of man." -The only vengeance permitted to man is a vengeance of kindnefs... | |
 | Joseph Milner - Church history - 1800 - 694 pages
...confefled at length and owned by our elder brethren the Jews! David had juft reafon to fay, " Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hands of mant." Even a converted Jew admits with difficulty, that the grace of... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - Dissenters, Religious - 1802 - 594 pages
...uniformity took place, on '2 Sam. xxiv. 14. And David said unto God, I am ma great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man. §As a specimen of his spirit and manner, it may not be amiss here... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 534 pages
...David made an heroic and religious fefily, and said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD ; for his mercies [are] great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man. t lj. '. .'So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1806 - 460 pages
...wield; " Vengeance is mine, I will repay, saith the Lord." If I mu»t be punished, " let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for his mercies are great : and let me not fall into the hands of man." .The only vengeance permitted to man is a vengeance of kindness... | |
 | Erasmus Middleton - Christian biography - 1807 - 730 pages
...farewell sermon, on 2 Sam. xxiv. |4. " And David said unto God, I am in a great strait: let BS fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man." '. After Mr. Calamy's ejectment, upon advising with his " friends... | |
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Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 
