| Edward Cooper - Sermons, English - 1810 - 540 pages
...not eventually receive the recompense of their faith ? Was Job's confidence exercised in vain ? No. The Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning. Was David disappointed of his hope? Hearken to his own declaratibns. / waited patiently for the Lord,... | |
| William Warburton, Richard Hurd - Theology - 1811 - 500 pages
...beasts, and with precious things, besides all that was willingly offered \\. — The history adds, So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning ^[ : and thus the future prosperity of the People was predicted by the Prophets of this time : The... | |
| 1828 - 498 pages
...patriarch—" And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, and gave him twice as much as he had before. So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning." " I asked a pious friend who had visited him, what had passed in the interview between them. He said... | |
| Devotional exercises - 1819 - 286 pages
...acquaintance, presenting their gifts, comforting him, and partaking of bread and rejoicings. 9. Thus the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning ; by increasing his wealth in numerous flocks and herds of cattle, and by enlarging his family. 10.... | |
| 1823 - 622 pages
...miserable comforters are ye all." He did this by exalting him to more than his former prosperity. " The Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning." By the goodness of God his substance was doubled, his friends came unto him and bemoaned him for all... | |
| Presbyterian Church in the U.S. - 1825 - 594 pages
...of Job — the greatest mere human, sufferer, of which we have an account in sacred story — that "the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning." And thousands, in every age, have borne testimony to the truth, that crosses and disappointments for... | |
| Christian life - 1827 - 418 pages
...Lord, and smote Job with sore boils, from the sole of his foot unto his crown." (Jobii. 6, 7.) But as the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning, so also his church, risen above the malice of her foes, will at last stand glorious, and a fearless'... | |
| Ashbel Green - Catechisms - 1829 - 440 pages
...of Job — the greatest merely human sufferer, of which we have an account in sacred story — that "the Lord blessed the latter end of Job, more than the beginning." And thousands in every age have borne testimony to the truth, that crosses and disappointments for... | |
| English literature - 1830 - 426 pages
...wherefore I abhor myself, and repent in dust and ashes ;' then it was, after this humiliation, that ' the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning." " " Dost thou think we could know each other in a future stata ? This is a mystery which we should... | |
| Charles Lambert Coghlan - 1832 - 486 pages
...and multiply you, and establish my covenant with you (" who keep my commaiidmratt"). Lev. xxvi. 9. So the Lord blessed the latter end of Job more than the beginning. Job xlii. 1 i O that men would praise the Lord far his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the... | |
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