But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery, And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace. Voices of Comfort - Page 336by Thomas Vincent Fosbery (comp.) - 1892Full view - About this book
| 1685 - 636 pages
...heart. That is, as the Royal Preacher expounds himfelf -, Though the righteous be punijhed in the fight of men, yet is their hope full of immortality : And. having been a little chajiifed , they jhall be greatly rewarded •' For Cod proved thctn> and found them worthy for himfelf.... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1754 - 772 pages
...objects and possessions in the world which they have left. The souls of the righteous are in the hands of God : and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise • they seem to die: and their departure is taken for misery. But they are in peace. Having C been a little... | |
| George Bennet - Intermediate state - 1800 - 442 pages
...of God. In the eyes of fools they seem to die, and their departure is reckoned reckoned a calamity, and their going from us to be utter destruction ; but they are in peace, in the time of their visitation they shall shine forth anew." Wisd. chap.iii. /_j4. Language of this... | |
| Samuel Carr - 1801 - 366 pages
...malice cannot go beyond the grave: there the wicked must cease from troubling; for the souls of tha righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. .And at that awful moment, when they shall stand together before the judgment-seat of Christ, how different... | |
| William Smith - Sermons, American - 1803 - 528 pages
...Souls of the departed " Righteous (while their Bodies sleep in the Grave), in the Hand or holy keeping of God ; and there shall no Torment touch them : In the sight of the Unwise, (and of them only), they seemed to take but two nights and one day, and we shall have his Hero, .'!•'... | |
| William Smith - Sermons - 1803 - 492 pages
...Souls of the departed " Righteous (while their Bodies sleep in the Grave), in the Hand or holy keeping of God ; and there shall no Torment touch them : In the sight of the Unwise, (and of them only), they seemed to take but two nights and one day, and we shall have his Hero, for... | |
| Abner Kneeland - Theology, Doctrinal - 1804 - 416 pages
...2,3. n 1 Cor. iii 13, 14, 15. • 1 1'et. iv. 17", 18. /. Matt, xiii, 49, 50, ? Luke, xii. 47, 48 P In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die : and their departure is taken for misery, and thtir going from us to be utter destruction ; but they are in peace. For though they be punished in... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...sins, they shall come with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their fucc. But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. lu the sight of the unwise they seemed to die : and their departure is taken for misery, and their... | |
| Abner Kneeland - Theology, Doctrinal - 1804 - 462 pages
...that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. q But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. /Psalm, I. 3,4, 5. «Mal. iii. 2,3. n 1 C r. m 13, 14, 15. a 1 Pet. iv. 17, 18. p Matt. xiii. 49, 50.... | |
| Gilbert Wakefield - 1804 - 572 pages
...taught me by one of the wisest among the sons of men: "The soujs of the righteous are in the hands of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seem to die, and their departure is taken for misery — but they are in peace. " Having been a little... | |
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