| 1868 - 596 sayfa
...confidence in regard to even the best of these native Christians. In regard to them all I feel to say: ' Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.' Even in the best of them we are often surprised and pained by manifestations of great moral weakness.... | |
| 1848 - 704 sayfa
...answer to the proud and insolent Monarch, which every boastful man would do well to bear in mind : " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." Whatever men may do when the palm of victory is awarded them, and whatever estimate they may put upon... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 sayfa
...in their shameful flight: it is well, if they can carry back those skins that they brought thither. 'Let not him, that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off.' There is no cause to fear that man that trusts in himself. Man may cast the dice of war, but the disposition... | |
| Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 506 sayfa
...towards self-confidence and presumption is dangerous, and will give the enemy an advantage against you. Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. God sometimes permits the youths to be faint and... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 472 sayfa
...ornaments. Richardson. Harness is used for armour in our translation of the Bible. 1 Kings xx. 1 1 . Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off. Exod. xiii. 18. The children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 244. Paradise Regained... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 468 sayfa
...ornaments. Richardson. Harness is used for armour in our translation of the Bible. 1 Kings xx. 1 1 . Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putleth it off. Exod. xiii. 18. The children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.... | |
| James Hervey - 1825 - 500 sayfa
...ruffled the noon of life are blown over, and the evening of his age is becoming calm and serene. But let " not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," 1 Kings xx. 11. Our warfare on earth is * This is the import of the Hebrew name Isaac. never accomplished till we bow... | |
| 1825 - 808 sayfa
...assertions. Joh a. — Still fa' o' self, Thomas ; ye might, by this time, ha'e remembered the wise saying, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." The disabilities o' Papists or Catholics are na in consequence o' their religious tenets ; they ha'e... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1825 - 714 sayfa
...their shameful flight : it is well if they can carry back those skins that they brought thither. " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." There is no cause to fear that man that trusts in himself. Man may cast the dice of war, but the disposition... | |
| 1826 - 1036 sayfa
...handfuls for all (he people lhat follow me. 1 1 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell In. a. be obedient. t 8 And Moses took ihe blood, and sprinklui! it on putlelh il nil'. /*12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard ihis message as he was drinking, he... | |
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