 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,...  A view of this and the other world, discourses - Page 39by Thomas Boston - 1799Full view - About this book
 | John Clayton - Christian life - 1789 - 134 pages
...me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me *c with food convenient for me : Left I be full, " and tfeny thee, and fay, Who is the LORD ? " Or left I be poor, apd fteal, and take the " name pf ray GOD in yain." Prov. xxx. 8, 9. There is reafon for prayer, becaufe... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1790 - 470 pages
...of Proverbs, to have been the wifh and choice of one who was eminent for wifdorn. Remove far from me •vanity and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches....Thee, and fay, Who is the Lord? or left I be poor andjieal, and take the name of my God in vain *. . i FROM the whole view which we have now taken of... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1790 - 336 pages
...mentioned, exprelfes ; Give me neither. Poverty nor Riches : feed me 'with Food convenient for me. Lejl I be full and deny Thee, and fay, Who is the Lord? or left I be poor and Jieal, and take the Name of God in vain f. For • Jam. iv. 13. f Prov. xxx. 8, 9. indeed^ though the... | |
 | John Chapman (archdeacon of Bath.) - Sermons, English - 1790 - 664 pages
...tranfition follow upon each other. " Give me not Riches, faid this wife obferver of men and manners, left I be full, and deny Thee, and fay, who is the Lord ?" Luxury and intemperance are indeed the firft and leading vices, into the comrniflion of which a... | |
 | John Collier (of High Wycombe.) - 1791 - 566 pages
...God ! deny me not them .before I die. Re*' move from me Vanity and Lie's j give me " neither Poverty nor Riches, feed me with " Food convenient for me,...and fay, who is the Lord? or *« left I be poor and fteal, and take the Name " of my God in vain." O ! blefled moderation, in an age when Temporal Bleffings... | |
 | rev. George Carr - 1791 - 428 pages
...text may direct us to requeft a moderate portion of the conveniences of life : Give me neither poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me: left I be fall, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord? cr hjt I be poor, and Jledl, and take (he name of my... | |
 | Robert Nares - Christian life - 1794 - 366 pages
...arrogance towards God himfelf. " Give me not riches," faid a man whofe wifdom ranks with that of Solomon, " left " I be full, and deny thee ; and fay, who is " the Lord * ?" — Left we mould repine under the difcipline thus neceflary to bring our fouls to the perfection... | |
 | Sarah Grubb - Quaker church buildings - 1794 - 460 pages
...more often, .and more eminently abound amongft the Lord's vifited and adopted children. " Feed me then with food convenient for me, left I be full and deny thee :" O deniable refignation ! CHEsTER, 5th month, 1789 — I was forry to hear that thy mind was ftill... | |
 | Sarah Grubb - Quaker church buildings - 1794 - 460 pages
...more often, and mofe eminently abound amengft the Lord's vifited and adopted chUdren. " Feed me then with food convenient for me, left I be full and deny thee :" O deferable refignation ! CHESTER, 5th month, 1789— I was forry to hear that thy mind was ftill... | |
 | David Austin - 1796 - 542 pages
...xxx. 7, 8, 9. Two things have I required of thee, deny me them not hefore I die : Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me ; lejl I hefull and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord ? or left I he poor andjleal, and take the... | |
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