| 1611 - 360 pages
...goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue... | |
| Richard Lucas - Happiness - 1735 - 486 pages
...go forth itjhall lead 'us ', when we Jleep it Jk all keep us, and when we awake itjhall talk with us :for the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs ofinftniftion are the way oflife,Prov. N " vi. vi. In a word, nothing can render the moft important... | |
| Sophia Hume - Society of Friends - 1752 - 166 pages
...Folly ; but this is the Way, the Way of RighteouJhefs,Holinefs, and Obedience to all God's Commands -,for the Commandment is a Lamp, and the Law is Light ; and the Reproofs of Inflruclion is the Way to Life, Prov. vi. 23. In this Way and Light the Righteous are... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 pages
...the heart is defigned to keep it even in fleep, Prov. vi. 22. 23. When tbon Jleepcft, it Jhall keep thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light. But ye may fay, What if a man has been witching againil thefe things, praying againft them, &c. and... | |
| James Nassau - 1774 - 402 pages
...fInner, and obedience to it rewarded with eternal life ? Hearken therefore to the inftruction of Wifdom : for the commandment is a lamp, and the law is light, and reproofs of inftrucYton are the way of life ; to keep you from evil women, from the flatteries of the tongues... | |
| mrs Rueful (pseud.) - 1800 - 234 pages
...of a ftranger ? For the ways of men are before the eyes of the Lord, he pondereth all their goings. The commandment is a lamp, and the law is light; and reproofs of in : llru<aion are the way of life. To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue... | |
| bp. George Heorne - Bible - 1802 - 562 pages
...lead me, let them " bring me to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles!" PfaJ. xliii. 3. For furely, " the commandment is a. " lamp, and the law is light; and reproofs of in" ftrudtion are the way of life." Prov. vi. 23. The Word of God difcove'reth to us our errors... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light ; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life : to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue... | |
| John Clarke - Sermons, American - 1804 - 316 pages
...goeft, it fhall lead thee ; when thou fleepeft, it fhall keep thee ; and when thou awakeft, it fhall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp and the law a light, and reproofs of inftruction are the way of life." Thofe remarks are perfectly juft ; and they... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...guard, and a pleasant companion, and suggest proper and comfortable meditations to thee in 23 the night. For the commandment [is] a lamp ; and the law [is] light ; and reproofs of instruction [are] the way of life ; they will direct thee in every circumstance of life : and will... | |
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