 The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was...  The Spectator - Page 374by Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811Full view - About this book
 | William Huntington - Arminianism - 1788 - 488 pages
...jheep. The ftr anger did tiot lodge in the Jlreet, but I opened my doors to the traveller -, yea, 1 was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I plucked the/foil out of the teeth of the oppreffbr, and caufed the widow's heart to fingfor joy. He... | |
 | Daniel Bellamy - Apologetics - 1789 - 512 pages
...joy is. turned to '' mourning*" • MISCELMISCELLANEOUS REMARKS on CHAP. XXX. VERSE XXV. DID NOT I WEEP FOR HIM THAT WAS IN TROUBLE? WAS NOT MY SOUL GRIEVED FOR THE POOR ? THIS verfe recals to our remembrance the very popular plea artfully urged by Mark Anthony, in order... | |
 | Thomas Pennant - 1790 - 500 pages
...blejjing of him that was ready to pertfh came upon me, and I caufed the widow's heart to fmg for joy. 1 was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. After leaving Buxlon, pafled thro' Middleton dale, a deep narrow chafm between two vaft cliffs, which... | |
 | John Collier (of High Wycombe.) - 1791 - 566 pages
...The bleffiiig of him, that was ready to' perifh, came upon me, and I caufed the Widows heart to leap for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a Father to the poor. I break the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the fpoil out of his teeth. After this you read the highly... | |
 | Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti comte de Mirabeau - 1792 - 518 pages
...fmg for joy. I put " on righteoufnefs, and it clothed me ; my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. " I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I " to the lame. I was a father to the " poor; and the caufe which I knew not, I " fearchedout. And I brake the jaws of the " wicked, and plucked the fpoil... | |
 | John Farquhar (minister at Nigg.) - 1792 - 464 pages
...appeal to Heaven : Did I not weepjor him that was in trouble ? JVas not my foul grieved for the poorc? I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame ; the blej/ing of him that was ready to pcrifh came upon me, and I caufed the widow's heart to Jing... | |
 | John Disney - Sermons, English - 1793 - 516 pages
...whofe lot it is " to eat their bread " with fcarcity*." And what can exceed that exclamation of Job, " I was eyes to " the blind, and feet was I to the lame. '' I was a father to the poor ; and the '' caufe which I knew not, I fearched '' out f." Under the gofpel-difpenfation, however, fome perfons,... | |
 | 1794 - 448 pages
...none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I was eyes to the blind, and...feet was I to the lame ; I' was a father to the poor, * Matt xxi. 31, et seq. t The epitaph alluded to, is that in St. George's church at • Doncaster in... | |
 | Robert MacCulloch - Bible - 1794 - 738 pages
...defcribes: ' J put ' on righteoufnefs, and it clothed me: my judgment * was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the * blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a. father * to the poor; and the caufe which I knew not, I " fcarched out V • . Robes and girdles are only external ornaments, the... | |
 | John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1818 - 936 pages
...blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. — I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out." Bristol bears witness to this, for the tears of the objects of his Christian benevolence, have, as... | |
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