 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools. Pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.  The Methodist Magazine - Page 531818Full view - About this book
 | William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...devoureth that which is holy; and after vows, to make inquiry .•'— Prov. xx.25. When thou vowest unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools, &c. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay. — Eccles.... | |
 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 592 pages
...in his own." The second is, that, when we have made them, we should be concerned to fulfil them. " When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldcst not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not... | |
 | Thomas Harvey Skinner - Church - 1829 - 28 pages
...sacred are your obligations to be exemplary church members: how great your guilt if you are not ! " When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than that thou shouldst vow and not... | |
 | Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 624 pages
...him guiltless, that by false oaths, or vows, or covenants with him doth take his holy name in vain. " When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools ; pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldst not vow, than thou shouldst vow and not pay.... | |
 | 1830 - 864 pages
...dream cotneth through the multitude of business ; and a fool's voice it known by multitude of words. 4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed. 5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou 'shouldest TOW and... | |
 | Isaac Barrow, Thomas Smart Hughes - Sermons, English - 1830 - 540 pages
...himself : the doing which is a folly offensive to God, as the preacher telleth us : ' When,' saith he, ' thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed.' God will not admit our folly in vowing, as a plea or an excuse for nonperformance... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 668 pages
...doing which is a folly offensive to God, as the preacher telleth us : ' When,' saith he, ' thou rowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed.' God will not admit our folly in vowing, as a plea or an excuse for nonperformance... | |
 | Isaac Barrow - Theology - 1830 - 712 pages
...offensive to God, as the Preacher telleth us; When, saith he, thou vowest a vow unto God, Eceie». v. 4. defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed. God will not admit our folly in vowing, as a plea or an excuse for non-performance... | |
 | 1830 - 1070 pages
...eateth his own ilesh. 6 B¿Uet wa handful OTÍA quiet r ilWî"ir1 tllou vowe«1 a TOW unto Cod, detor not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed 5 Bettor i 6 Suffer not 593 *u U..U1J ищи щви lu wnom UOO am given riches... | |
 | British preacher - 1831 - 756 pages
...sin in thee. That which is gone out of thy lips thou shalt keep and perform," Deut. xxiii. 21, 23. "When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it ; for he hath no pleasure in fools : pay that which thou hast vowed. Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not... | |
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