| William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...sheet-anchor of thousands — " HIM THAT COMETH UNTO ME I WILL IN NO WISE CAST OUT." AUGUST 9. — " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage." — Paalm xvi. 6. WE may put this acknowledgment into the mouth of an INDULGED CHILD OF PROVIDENCE.... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 582 pages
...— 7. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The fines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel : my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.... | |
| William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...inheritance and of my cup : ihou maiiitainest my lot." What wonder then that the possessor should exclaim, " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places^ yea, I have a goodly heritage." He uses but one word in describing his estate, but it is the most comprehensive. Had he written volumes,... | |
| Gift books - 1832 - 320 pages
...possession. But there are others who may with equal propriety quote the language of the Psalmist, ' the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.' They abound in wealth ; occupy the high places of distinction ; and have all things richly to enjoy... | |
| George Horne - Bible - 1833 - 438 pages
...cross. " 5. The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup ; thou maintainest my lot. 6. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ,• yea, I have a goodly heritage." The true David, anointed to his everlasting kingdom, yet first a man of sorrows and a stranger upon... | |
| Sarah Austin - 1833 - 322 pages
...ever. ^f 7 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup : thou maintainest my lot. 8 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 9 I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: theLord is my portion, therefore will I hope in... | |
| Thomas Watson - Sermons, English - 1833 - 794 pages
...Ps. xvi. 5. Then let the lines fall where they will, — in a sick-bed or prison, — I will say, " the lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places : yea, I have a goodly heritage." 3. Art thou not heir to all the promises ? Host thou not a reversion of heaven 1 When thou lettest... | |
| Charles Bridges - Bible - 1834 - 528 pages
...my soul. The Lord himself is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea I have a goodly heritage. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel." 5 Surely the whole world cannot weigh against the... | |
| W. Wilson - God - 1835 - 408 pages
...sometimes enjoy him in such a measure and manner, that they are apt to cry out with the Psalmist, " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places ; yea, I have a goodly heritage." But in heaven they shall enjoy him fully. There they shall have the highest enjoyment of God that their... | |
| Francis Goode - Covenant theology - 1835 - 428 pages
...The Lord (saith David) is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places, yea, I have a goodly heritage." (Ps. xvi. 5, 6.) " Whom have I in heaven but thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire beside... | |
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