 | Edmund Calamy - Dissenters, Religious - 1802 - 594 pages
...agonies, he repeated that text, • The heart knoweth his own bitterness, and a stranger jntermeddleth not with his joy.' — " You know (says he) .what...will my glory and triumph be after these sharp pains !" When his relations wept about him, he was displeased, saying, " What! are you troubled that God... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - Dissenters - 1802 - 488 pages
...therefore have I spoken." Wheu those about him pitied him in his agonies, he repeated that text, ' The heart knoweth his own bitterness, and a stranger...my pains are, but you know not what my consolations fere. O how sweet will my glory and triumph be after these 'sharp pains !" When his relations wept... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1807 - 612 pages
...the heart knoweth its own bitterness, and* a stranger intermecldleth not with its joy." " Yon know what my pains are, but you know not what my consolations are. Oh,' how sweet will my glory an& triumph be after these sharppains !" When his relations wept about... | |
 | 1807 - 682 pages
...the heart knoweth its own bitterness, and a stranger intermeddleth not with its joy." " " You know what my pains are, but you know not what my consolations are. Oh, how sweet will my glory and triumph be alter these sharp pains !" When his relations wept about... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 582 pages
...corruptions against the heavenly contents. John's little book produced the wise man's twofold ingredients : " The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger intermeddleth not with his joy." And this hath been the experience of all that ever received the word of God in power, in the Holy Ghost,... | |
 | William Huntington - 1815 - 714 pages
...embalmed. The sweet Lamb and bitter herbs were eaten together; and these two are in all his saints; " the heart knoweth his own bitterness, and a stranger intermeddleth not with his joy." Therefore " in the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God hath set... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 550 pages
...paradisus — Hieronym. t 1 Sam. xx. 40, 41. 'x Thus that word of Solomon is verified, Prov. xiv. 10, " The heart knoweth his own bitterness, and a stranger intermeddleth not with his joy," that is, no creature on earth is privy to the secret groans or sweet solace of a retired saint. SECTION... | |
 | William Jay - Meditations - 1829 - 538 pages
...his old scar-worn comrade can attest the truth of them. In religious matters, more than in any other, the heart knoweth his own bitterness, and a stranger intermeddleth not with his joy. But the secret of the Lord is with them that fear him. We allow that this chapter has been much perverted.... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
...his presence ; petitions to be only poured into his ear ; griefs to be lodged only in his bosom. " The heart knoweth his own bitterness ; and a stranger intermeddleth not with his joy." The third was self-acquaintance. Self-knowledge is the most important and difficult. Persons may live... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1833 - 722 pages
...his presence ; petitions to be only poured into his ear ; griefs to be lodged only in his bosom. " The heart knoweth his own bitterness ; and a stranger intermeddleth not with his joy ." The third was self-acquaintance. Self-knowledge is the most important and difficult. Persons may... | |
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When his relations wept about him, he was displeased, saying, " What ! are you troubled that God is calling home his children ? If you think I am afraid of death, you are mistaken ; for I have no fear of death upon me. 
