| William Dodd - Newham (London, England) - 1766 - 274 pages
...THE ' PRESIDENT,^. At ST. GEORGE'S, Hanover Square. • ; • ' * JOB xxix. ii — 13. WHEN THE EAR HEARD ME, THEN IT BLESSED ME •, AND WHEN THE EYE...UPON ME: AND I CAUSED THE WIDOW'S HEART TO SING FOR JOY, 'OW amiable, how ufeful, how excellent is benevolence ! which gives fplendor to the character,... | |
| 1794 - 450 pages
...poured out rivers of oil." " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw the, it gave witness to me. Because I delivered the poor...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... | |
| John Wesley, George Story - Christianity - 1818 - 934 pages
...benevolent patriarch of Uz : — " When the ear heard me then it blessed me; nnd when the eye saw me then it gave witness to me : Because I delivered the poor...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... | |
| 1842
...leads. What Job said of himself, may fitly be viewed as spoken by our Saviour Christ : " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw...him that was ready to perish, came upon me: and I made the widow's heart to sing for joy." (Job xxix. 11 — 13.) Let us then pray for grace, for abundant... | |
| James Neild - Debt, Imprisonment for - 1802 - 386 pages
...elegant descriptibn of Job, " When " the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and " when -the eye sr.w me, it gave witness to " me; because I delivered the...upon me; and I " caused the widow's heart to sing for joy." • 1 May that pleasure and satisfaction, which are the constant companions of a benevolence... | |
| James Neild - Debt, Imprisonment for - 1802 - 384 pages
...cannot be applied to your Lordship, disjoined from the elegant description of Job, " When " the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and " when the eye...cried,; " and the fatherless, and him that had none t6 " help him. The blessing of him that was " ready to perish came upon me ; and I " caused the widow's... | |
| English literature - 1803 - 402 pages
...: ..-" when I washed my steps w.ith butter, and the rock " poured out rivers of oil. " When the ear heard me, then it blessed me : " and when the eye...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, and " the cause which... | |
| William Smith - 1803 - 584 pages
...ear heard me, then it blessed me; " when the eye saw me, then it gave witness to me"— and why ? " Because I delivered the Poor that cried, " and the...of him that was ready to perish " came upon me, and caused the Widow's heart to " sing for joy." 1 he principles upon which he acted in all this, may perhaps... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...mouth. The nobles held their peace, and their tongue cleaved to the roof of their mouth. When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw...had none to help him. The blessing of him that was readv to perish came upon me ; and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness,... | |
| Joanna Southcott - Prophecies - 1804 - 606 pages
...hast withholden bread from the hungry. But see what Job answers for himself, in chap. xxix. 12, 13 — I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless,...upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. Now let God be true and every man a liar : for in the same manner that the Lor,d spoke of JOB... | |
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