| Missions - 1849 - 748 pages
...the blow to be heavier, the calamity to be more fearful. The spirit unfolded must be, " Let us now fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of man." God's most appalling visitations must not be quarrelled with. We deserve infinitely worse. 7.... | |
| 1822 - 872 pages
...graciously as those who have ' borne the burden and Jieatof the day.' Well might David exclaim, ' Let me fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men !' Cod saw and pitied human in6rmities ; be provided a remedy. How common i* it tp find those who for... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1832 - 834 pages
...butler remember Joseph, but forgat him, IT was a wise and prudent choice which David made, " Let me fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of man." Man, when intent on evil, knows no bounds, except those which are prescribed by his ability to... | |
| Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth (bp. of Chichester.) - Tradition (Theology) - 1838 - 182 pages
...himself that he has so merciful a Creator and Judge as revelation declares the Almighty to be. " Let me fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of man," were the words of David, when He had to choose between the alternative of punishment set before... | |
| John Wesley - Methodist Church - 1839 - 810 pages
...Mohammedan, or Pagan? It seems as if God must shortly arise and maintain his own cause. But, if so, let us fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men. LEWISHAM, January 20, 1773. THOUGHTS UPON SLAVERY. [PUBLISHED IN THE TEAR 1774.] 1. 1 . BY slavery,... | |
| Samuel Roberts - Poor laws - 1839 - 60 pages
...country its most industrious inhabitants." DEDICATION. TO THB RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN RUSSELL. ' Let me fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of man.' MY LORD, — Just as I was about to send the following Little Tract to the press, I perceived... | |
| Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth - Apologetics - 1839 - 196 pages
...himself that he has so merciful a Creator and Judge as revelation declares the Almighty to be. " Let me fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of man," were the words of David, when he had to choose between the alternative of punishment set before... | |
| 1841 - 488 pages
...of Charles II. By Robert Pollok. Published by Robert Carter, New- York : 1 15 pages, 12mo. " Let me fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of man." Of every form of tyranny, that of a hierarchy has ever been the worst, Such narrations are useful,... | |
| Fanny Burney - 1842 - 460 pages
...fluttered by their vehemence. We must do the best we can at last, and as King David says, " Let us fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men; for they are severe and cruel judges of each other.•' Apropos — Mr. Seward's disapprobation is... | |
| James Richards - Presbyterian Church - 1849 - 404 pages
...David saw and felt, when, under the expectation of being corrected for his sins, 7 he said " Let me fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of man." And this was all his hope, when, smarting under a sense of his amazing guilt, he cried, " Have... | |
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