 | Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1820 - 370 pages
...and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me : Lest I befall, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. * — Let me recommend, II. Moderation in our pursuits. Wishes and desires rest within. If immoderate,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Anthologies - 1821 - 280 pages
...wisdom of Agur's petition : '' Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor^iches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full...and steal ; and take the name of my God in vain." BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience and omnipresence of the DEITY, the source of consolation to goodmen.... | |
 | Joseph Stevens Buckminster - 1829 - 370 pages
...petition of our text. ' Lead me not, O God, into temptation by giving me either poverty or riches ; but feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.' Again ; you are educated for a sedentary and contemplative life. You expect to know little of the manners... | |
 | London Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends) - Society of Friends - 1821 - 470 pages
...lie hath permitted you to move. In you, seems fnlfdled the wish of Agur : "Give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me ;...Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and lake the name of my God in vain." (Prov. xxx. 8, 9.) Among your number the society has often found... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1821 - 786 pages
...Christianity has fully condemned. If the prayer be a proper one, " Give me neither poverty nor riches, * lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain," — then is that constitution of things the best which docs not expose men to these hurtful extremes,... | |
 | George Lawson - 1821 - 452 pages
...the good of his soul, and only in such a measure as might consist with his best interests. Ver. 9. Lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. He prays for daily bread, that he might not be led into temptation ; and for the same reason he prays... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Children - 1821 - 278 pages
...me vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : lest 1 be full and deny thee , and say, who is the Lord ?...and steal ; and take the name of my God in vain." BLAIR. SECTION XV. Omniscience and omnipresence of Ike DEITY, the source of consolation to good men.... | |
 | 1822 - 184 pages
...have plenty of bread : but he that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough. CHAP. XXX. Two things have I required of thee: deny me them not...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. CHAP. XXXI. WHO can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband... | |
 | Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - Literature - 1822 - 322 pages
...moderate views of human ife, and human happiness. Remember, and admire, the wisdom of Amur's petition: " Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poor, and steal; and take the name of my God in vain." BLAIR. SECTION XV. oPlan-et, plSn'-lt, a body that moves round the sun. b E-ther, e'-ther, an element... | |
 | Arminianism - 1859 - 1200 pages
...from the heart ; and let all who call themselves Christians weigh the prayer of sagacious Agur : " Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither...poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain." (Prov. xxx. 8, 9.) Christian principle is no longer tried by exposure to the violence of persecution.... | |
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Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor... 
