| Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 pages
...fpend and be fpent for you, though the more abundantly I love you, the lefs I be loved. Pfal. Iv. 12. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it ; neither was it he th:it hated me, that did magnify himCelf againft me, then I would have hid myfelf from him. v. 13.... | |
| David Williamson (minister, of Whitehaven.) - France - 1792 - 448 pages
...reproaches the former companion of their devotions, and increafe the fmart of a wound, already rankled. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I...: neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himfelf again/1 me, tSen I could have hid myfelf from him. But it was tbou, a man, mine equal, my guide,... | |
| William Enfield - 1798 - 466 pages
...thofe whom we love and refpect ? How fenfibly did the Pfalmift feel this, when he exclaimed — '* It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...it; neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himfelf againft ine, then I would have hid myfelf from him: but it was thou, mine equal, my guide,... | |
| Ireland - 1799 - 598 pages
...in faft, adds injury to infult ; conduct fuch as this, is well detailed by the royal pfalmift. * " For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; then...could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me ; but it was thou, a man, my equal." 1 truft Sir, my countrymen of all ranks and defcriptions, of all... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1802 - 422 pages
...their fleeting and flowing, the heavier their eafe lies on ferious fouls : Pfal. Iv. 12. 13. 14. " For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I...neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have hid myfelf from him. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my guide,... | |
| Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Hopkins - 1804 - 404 pages
...come very near to him, and try his fpirit. The words of the Pfalmift feem applicable to this cafq^ It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would have hid myfelf from him. But it was THOU' — my guide and mine acquaintance.... | |
| William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...friends. David magnifies the afHiction he endured by the nearnefs of the quarter from which it came. " It " was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...neither was it he that hated me ; " that did magnify himfelf againft me, then I would " have hid myfelf from him. But it was thou, mine " equal, my guide,... | |
| Ralph Erskine - Bible - 1806 - 338 pages
...to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye muft foul the refidue with your feet ? -1 Pfalm lv. 12, 13, For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I...neither was it he that hated me, that did magnify himfclf againft me, then I would have hid myJ'cif from him. But it was thou, a man, mine equal, my... | |
| Matthew Young (bp. of Clonfert) - 1806 - 404 pages
...mifchief are in the midft of her, fraud is within her, deceit and guile depart not from her ftreets. 11. For it was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could have borne it; neither was it mine adverfary, that ufed his ftrength againft me, then peradventure I would have hid myfelf from him.... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 532 pages
...come very near to o, and try his spirit. The words of the psalmist seem applicable to this case, " It was not an enemy that reproached me, then I could...I would have hid myself from him. But it was THOU. ...my guide and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God... | |
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