 | Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1784 - 298 pages
...him that wa< ready to perijh tame upon me, and I caufed the widow's heart to firig witb joy. I ivas eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame : I ivas a father to the poor ; and the caufe, which I kae-iu not, Ifearched out. Job. xxix. 11—17.—Thus... | |
 | William Huntington - Arminianism - 1788 - 488 pages
...jheep. The ftr anger did tiot lodge in the Jlreet, but I opened my doors to the traveller -, yea, 1 was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I plucked the/foil out of the teeth of the oppreffbr, and caufed the widow's heart to fingfor joy. He... | |
 | Bible - 1788 - 598 pages
...to perifh came upon me : and I caufed the widow's heart to fing for joy. 14 I put on righteoufnefs, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. 15 I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. 1 6 I was a father to the poor : and the caufe... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 500 pages
...blejjing of him that was ready to pertfh came upon me, and I caufed the widow's heart to fmg for joy. 1 was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. After leaving Buxlon, pafled thro' Middleton dale, a deep narrow chafm between two vaft cliffs, which... | |
 | John Collier (of High Wycombe.) - 1791 - 566 pages
...bleffiiig of him, that was ready to' perifh, came upon me, and I caufed the Widows heart to leap for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a Father to the poor. I break the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his teeth. After this you read the highly... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1792 - 518 pages
...pe" rifh, came upon me ; and I caufed the " Widow's heart to fmg for joy. I put " on righteoufnefs, and it clothed me ; my judgment was as a robe and...to the lame. I was a father to the " poor; and the caufe which I knew not, I " fearchedout. And I brake the jaws of the " wicked, and plucked the fpoil... | |
 | John Farquhar (minister at Nigg.) - 1792 - 464 pages
...appeal to Heaven : Did I not weepjor him that was in trouble ? JVas not my foul grieved for the poorc? I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame ; the blej/ing of him that was ready to pcrifh came upon me, and I caufed the widow's heart to Jing... | |
 | John Disney - Sermons, English - 1793 - 516 pages
...whofe lot it is " to eat their bread " with fcarcity*." And what can exceed that exclamation of Job, " I was eyes to " the blind, and feet was I to the lame. '' I was a father to the poor ; and the '' caufe which I knew not, I fearched '' out f." Under the gofpel-difpenfation, however, fome perfons,... | |
 | Robert MacCulloch - Bible - 1794 - 738 pages
...his conduct, the beautiful character which upright Job thus defcribes: ' J put ' on righteoufnefs, and it clothed me: my judgment * was as a robe and...to the lame. I was a. father * to the poor; and the caufe which I knew not, I " fcarched out V • . Robes and girdles are only external ornaments, the... | |
 | 1794 - 450 pages
...blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame ; I' was a father to the poor, * Matt xxi. 31, et seq. t The epitaph alluded to, is that in St. George's church at • Doncaster in... | |
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I was eyes to the blind, And feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : And the cause which I knew not I searched oat. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, And plucked the spoil out of his teeth. 
