| Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 824 pages
...according to the saying of the prophet, " Except the " Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it " Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in " vain." " It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that run" neth, b,ut of God that sheweth mercy. Vol. iii. p. 616.'a... | |
| Isaac Taylor - 1811 - 258 pages
...; " but these cannot succeed, without God's blessing upon them. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watcheth in vain." 5. Sometimes they expect to prosper without using any means. They think... | |
| Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 560 pages
...get wealth.' And consider what the Lord says, Psal. cxxvii. 1,2. ' Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord...keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gjvcth his beloved... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...according to our wishes, he is there. He influenceth prosperity. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord...keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows. It is God who giveth his... | |
| John Howe - 1813 - 536 pages
...know, that you need a constant preserver in your several dwellings ? Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. Psalm I -2'J . I. A city you know is made up of so many houses inhabited;... | |
| Johann Beckmann - 1814 - 636 pages
...the keepers of the walls took away my veil. Ibid. chap. v. ver. 7. Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman watcheth but in vain. Psalm cxxvii. ver. 1. Athens, and other cities of Greece, had at least... | |
| Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Except the Lord build the house they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord...keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vai'n for you to rise up early, to sit up late. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth... | |
| Church of England - Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 450 pages
...end. Amen. Or, Psal. cxxvii. NisiDominus. EXCEPT the Lord build the house : their labour is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise up early, and so late take rest, and eat the bread of carefulness... | |
| 1815 - 974 pages
...Gtd'solrj/ing. ^Children are bis gift. A Song of degrees for Solomon. EXCEPT the LORD build the houfe, . Corrupt are they, and have done abominable iniquity : there watchman uaketh but in vain. 5 It is vain for you to rife up early, to fit up late, to eat the bread... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...his sheaves with him. PSALM CXXVII. A Song of degrees for Solomon. EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread... | |
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