 | Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1719 - 648 pages
...of grace, I may by patience wait for the coming of our Lord Jefa. Amen. III. * I ' Each me O Lord, to number my days that I may apply my heart unto wifdom, ever to remember my laft end, that I may not dare to fin againft thee. Let thy holy Angels be ever... | |
 | Richard Allestree (D.D.) - 1728 - 560 pages
...thou me in thy way. 1 am a ftranger upon earth, O hide not thy j commandments from me. Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom. For the Light of God" s Countenance. LORD, why abhorreft thou my foul, and hideft thy face from me... | |
 | Whole duty - 1741 - 504 pages
...valuable hours, and have endangered the lofs of my immortal foul in the day of judgment. Oh then! teach me fo to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom j that I may no longer wafte my time in cafe and pleafure, in unprofitable ftudies,' xnd more unprofitable... | |
 | Richard Griffith - 1757 - 360 pages
...without Repentance. In this the executed Malefactor has a great Advantage above the Rogue who efcapes. The condemned Man has that Benefit which the Pfalmift...of, fhall meet more Favour in the next World, than lefler Offences, unattoned by Sorrow and Contrition. I fhall purfue thefe Gallows Meditations no farther;... | |
 | Parliamentary - 1763 - 558 pages
...Views in this Jforld, I have utterly cajl off the Thoughts of them ; and my Aim Jball be Jo to learn to number my Days, that I may apply my Heart unto Wifdom ; that Wifdom that /hall •wipe away all Tears from mine Eyes and Heart, and lead me by the Hand to... | |
 | William Melmoth - 1787 - 166 pages
...Blifs and Happinefs. O make me truly fenfible of the Frailty and Uncertainty of my Life ; and teach me fo to number my Days, that I may apply my Heart unto true Wifdom. Let not Death ever furprize me unawares, or find me in a State unprovided. But grant that... | |
 | John Brewster - 1790 - 250 pages
...BHfs and Happinefs. O make me truly fenfible of the frailty and uncertainly of my life; and teaeh me fo to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto true wifdom. Let not Death ever furprise me unawares, or find me in a ftate unprovided* Bat grant that... | |
 | Johann Caspar Lavater - Christian life - 1795 - 296 pages
...— yes, my foul, work while it is -day, for the night cometh when no man can work. O Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom. Let me, Father, let me never Sink in flumber's peaceful lap, Till I have furveyed the aftions, And... | |
 | Thomas Fettiplace - 1801 - 330 pages
...them in my life and converlation. f And feeing, Lord, I cannot know my hour of diffolution, O teach me fo to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto heavenly wifdom ; that I may obtain a fweet affurance of thy love in Chrift; unfeigned forrow for my... | |
 | William Melmoth - Apologetics - 1802 - 326 pages
...endlefs blifs and happinefs. O ! make me truly fenfible of the uncertainty of my life, and teach me fo to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto true wifdom ! Let not death furprize me unawares, but grant that I may live infuch a conftant and habitual... | |
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Lord, to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom ; ever to remember my laft end, that I may not dare to fin againft thee. 
