 | Joshua Dixon - Catechisms, English - 1838 - 268 pages
...the influences of his Holy Spirit, and leaving us under the power of temptations. God left Hezekiah to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 2 Chron. xxxii. 31. Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. Hos. iv. 17. But God cannot really tempt... | |
 | Viscountess Theodosia A. Howard Wingfield Powerscourt - Meditations - 1838 - 380 pages
...shall not be forgotten, God is not unrighteous to forget our love for him. Hezekiah was left of God to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. — God let the nations loose against Israel to prove them — He allowed false prophets among them... | |
 | Theodosia A Wingfield (viscountess Powerscourt.) - 1838 - 346 pages
...shall not be forgotten, God is not unrighteous to forget our love for him. Hezekiah was left of God to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. — God let the nations loose against Israel to prove them. — He allowed false prophets among them... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1839 - 246 pages
...Gen. xxii. 1. And sometimes to discover their corruptions ; so he tempted Hezekiah. It is said that " God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart," 2 Chron. xxxii. 31 ; not but that God knew it before, for he is the Searcher of the heart, and the... | |
 | Rev. William Nicholson - 1839 - 156 pages
...perhaps, understand this better, if we proceed in the description of God's dealing with Hezekiah. " God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart." We have here the particular reason assigned for this conduct. It was to put him to the test. This,... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1840 - 536 pages
...faithful history we read the cause of this his error. (2 Chron. xxxii. 25.) " His heart was lifted up. God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart." The case of David furnishes a still more sad example. The blessings which were heaped upon David, instead... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1840 - 468 pages
...him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land," (on this signal occasion of his recovery,) " God left him to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart." This trial proved, that his heart was proud and inflated with his worldly prosperity and power; "for... | |
 | Thomas Mann - Prayer - 1840 - 282 pages
...man's religion is vain. James, i. 26. Let no man deceive himself. 1 Cor. iii. 18. God left Hezekiah, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 2 Chron. xxxii. 31. They that seek the Lord understand all things. Prov. xxriii. 5. As in water face... | |
 | Catechisms, English - 1841 - 224 pages
...every one his brother their trespasses. Matt. vi. 14, 15. (3) Matt. vi. 13. (4) 2 Chron. xxxii. 31.— God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. Job ii. 6. And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand ; but save his life. (5) 1 Pet.... | |
 | Reconciler, Robert Weaver - Creation - 1841 - 432 pages
...written; " The Lord trieth the righteous." To prove Hezekiah, he left him on a particular occasion. " God left him to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart."f Thus, too, our Lord acted towards his disciples. " This he said to prove them; for he himself... | |
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Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 
