| Richard Allestree - Contentment - 1677 - 722 pages
...life,Jhall hang in doubt before thee , and thou J halt fear day and night ; in the morning thou Jk wit fay , would God it were evening , and in the evening , would God it were morning , Deut, z&. 65- , 66,67. 69. AND what can be more wretched then to have a mind thus agitated and toft,... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 640 pages
...are" filled with tossings to and fro to the dawning of the day :" so that in the morning they say, Would God it were evening ; and in the evening, Would God it were morning. And the few that escape those acute diseases, find the common infirmities of old age more than they can... | |
| Theology - 1816 - 302 pages
...concluded it was better for me to die than to live. In this situation I co'uld say in the morning, " Would God it were evening, and, in the evening, would God it were morning." Instances of death left rather a pleasing, than a gloomy impression on my mind ; for I considered that... | |
| Noah Worcester - Pacifism - 1816 - 814 pages
...thou shall fear day and night, and shalt have no assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were evening ! and in the evening, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt... | |
| Noah Worcester - Dueling - 1817 - 312 pages
...thou shall fear day and night, and shall have no assurance of thy life. In the morning thou shall say, Would God it were evening ! and in the evening, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart which Ihou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt... | |
| William Carus Wilson - Theology - 1840 - 644 pages
...and fatigue, of joy and sorrow, than to endure this dismal serenity — than to say in the morning, " would God it were evening:" and in the evening, "would God it were morning." A FATHER'S MEDITATION UPON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF A BELOVED CHILD. This day, the anniversary... | |
| Baptists - 1819 - 576 pages
...the nights ! I can say with Job, — Wearisome nights are appointed tome: when it i* morning, I say, would God it were evening ! and in the evening, would God it were morning ! ' Jan. 11. — Her nights and days were now full of pain ; her appetite almost entirely failed her,... | |
| William Bengo' Collyer - 1820 - 514 pages
...I am so obdurate and insensible, that nothing affects me as it ought to do. In the morning I say, ' Would God it were evening ! ' and in the evening, ' Would God it were morning!' My poor, distracted, and irresolute heart is at times ready to break. Oh ! that I could be persuaded... | |
| 1826 - 538 pages
...fatigue, of joy and sorrow, than to endure this dismal serenity, — than to say in the morning, " would God it were evening ; and in the evening, would God it were morning." " Such is what we shall not find in heaven. But what is it that is there ? What vast fund of unexampled... | |
| Richard Baxter - Theology - 1830 - 586 pages
...languishing under continual weakness, and groaning under most grievous pains, crying, in the morning, ' Would God it were evening !' and, in the evening, ' Would God it were morning!' weary of going, weary of sitting, weary of standing, weary of lying, weary of eating, of speaking,... | |
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