 | Robert Butler - Biography & Autobiography - 1823 - 336 pages
...shall they call upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord : they would have none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof: therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - 1823 - 486 pages
...shall they call " upon me, but I will not answer; they shall " seek me early, but they shall not find me : " for that they hated knowledge, and did " not choose the fear of the Lord." * All this, I am aware, when applied to ourselves, will be considered by many as nothing more than... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1823 - 590 pages
...impenitent, particularly under the Gospel, closes the threatenfngs with this remarkable declaration: Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be jilled with their own devices. In this passage, the curse may be said to be repeated, and explained... | |
 | Hervey Wilbur - Catechisms, English - 1823 - 144 pages
...rain snares, fire, and brimstone, and a horrible tempest. This shall be the PORTION of their cup.- Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.- And the smoke of their torment ascendeth up forever and ever: and... | |
 | John Mason - Christian life - 1824 - 340 pages
...Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose...shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices ;' Prov. i. 24, &c. The end of the long-suffering and forbearance... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1832 - 590 pages
...tcill not answer; they shall seek me early, ;.'it //,<,;. •-',-.''.' not fold me: For that they bated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord;...shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices." To the stouthearted he says, " I will be unto them as a lion, as... | |
 | Benjamin Beddome - Sermons - 1824 - 366 pages
...shall they call upon me, but J will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord ! Prov. i. 24 — 33. For thee, my God, may my whole soul, Bound by a thousand ties, Be firmly fixed,... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...They shall call upon me, but I will not answer ; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me : for that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord.— Prov. i. 5. 22. 28, 29. Apply thine heart to understanding: yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 506 pages
...they are designed to convey. Those are alarming words Ephraim is joined to idols : let him alone b, They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof: therefore shall they eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices c. — In adversity \ therefore, consider.... | |
 | Joseph Butler - Analogy (Religion) - 1824 - 478 pages
...their meaning is obvious. And the thing intended is expressed more literally in the following words: " For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord; therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the... | |
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When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; For that they hated... 
