| 1817 - 1082 ページ
...all the people that ffol«Saii. low me. u "**' 11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 12 And it came to pass, when Benhadad heard this •(• message, as he was b drinking, he and the... | |
| Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 588 ページ
...CORRUPTIONS OF CHRISTIANITY; WITH ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE THAT THE PRIMITIVE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS UNITARIAN. Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putlelh it off 1 KINGS xx. II. [Birmingham, 1783.] PREFACE. MY design in writing the History of the... | |
| 1829 - 828 ページ
...victory, yet equally often with the prudent counsel of the King of Israel to the proud monarch of Syria, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off." 1 Kings xx. 1 1. We have scored the Essay on the abolition of the Mosaic law with many, very many marks... | |
| Miron Winslow - 1819 - 446 ページ
...persevered in the work of the mission, until he supposed he could be no longer useful. At any rate, " let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself, as he that putleth it off." On t the other hand, the Board have been blamed for withdrawing their patronage from... | |
| Ralph Barnes - 1821 - 228 ページ
...not suffice for handfulls for all the People that follow me. And the King of Israel said, Tell him, let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth it off. And when Benhadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the Kings in the Pavilions, he said,... | |
| James Silk Buckingham - 1821 - 640 ページ
...that as often marked the sayings of the times. " And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." The result proved the difference between these contrasted moments, and showed that * Joseph. Ant. Jud.... | |
| Maurice Powell (fict. name.) - 1821 - 910 ページ
...filled the chest. " It is the Lord's doing — yea, his hand is here," solemnly added Lucas ; " ' but let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.' " A supply of ammunition completed their equipments ; and when every man had arrayed and armed himself... | |
| 1868 - 596 ページ
...confidence in regard to even the best of these native Christians. In regard to them all I feel to say: ' Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.' Even in the best of them we are often surprised and pained by manifestations of great moral weakness.... | |
| 1848 - 704 ページ
...answer to the proud and insolent Monarch, which every boastful man would do well to bear in mind : " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." Whatever men may do when the palm of victory is awarded them, and whatever estimate they may put upon... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1823 - 508 ページ
...in their shameful flight: it is well, if they can carry back those skins that they brought thither. 'Let not him, that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off.' There is no cause to fear that man that trusts in himself. Man may cast the dice of war, but the disposition... | |
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