I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed. The Scottish Pulpit - Page 3331834Full view - About this book
| Richard Baxter - Pastoral theology - 1899 - 336 pages
...ignorant and ungodly " through you." And you are not unacquainted with that standing decree of heaven, " Them that honour me I will honour ; and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed." Never did man dishonour God, but it proved the greatest dishonour to himself. God will find out ways... | |
| Richard Baxter - Christian life - 1825 - 506 pages
...are usually themselves despised by their inferiors : for God hath told such in his message to Eli, " Them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed"." Direct vi. 'The husband must be the principal teacher of the family.' He must instruct them, and examine... | |
| William Penn - Society of Friends - 1825 - 616 pages
...gawdy titles, requisite to express this honour. Thus God honours holy men : " They (says the Lord) that honour me, I will honour ; and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed" :" that is, I will do good to them, 1 will love, bless, countenance, and prosper them that honour me,... | |
| Jacobus Arminius, James Nichols - Reformed Church - 1825 - 828 pages
...it far from me [that thou shouldest any longer discharge hefore me the duties of the priesthood :] for them that honour me, I will honour; and they that despise me, shall he lightly esteemed." (1 Sam. ii, 30.) But he did not fall alone : All whose persons he at that time... | |
| Rammohun Roy (Raja) - Unitarianism - 1826 - 708 pages
...a father. Does God here bring himself, in consequence, to a level with a parent ? 1 Sam. ii. 30 : " But now the Lord saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honor me, 1 will honor." — Here the manifestation of honor between God and men, is reciprocal ; but... | |
| Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...Testament, as well as the apostles and inspired writers of the New.—Hales ii. 332. Wherefore the Lord, the God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house,...despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Behold the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, And the arm of thy Father's house; And there shall not be... | |
| Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 pages
...Testament, as *ell as the apostles and inspired writers of the New.— Hales u. 332. Wherefore the Lord, the God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house,...despise me, shall be lightly esteemed. Behold the days come, that I will cut off thine arm, And the arm of thy Father's house ; And there shall not be... | |
| George Townsend - Bible - 1826 - 902 pages
...sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed...father, should walk before me for ever : but now the LOR D saith, Be it far from me ; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall... | |
| John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 600 pages
...conditional, as you may see in my text. The tenour of it is expressed to the height, 1 Sam. ii. 30. ' I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy...should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, that be far from me ; for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly... | |
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