 | Arminianism - 1881 - 1046 pages
...the necessity of closer application to business, and what is given to the world is taken from God. ' I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.' How worldly prosperity does sometimes shine upon out. eyes ! In the mirage of the desert, objects are... | |
 | John Arrowsmith - Puritans - 1822 - 410 pages
...a thing to be entertained with laughter rather than belief.* And the Psalmist's words are these, " As for me, my feet were almost gone, my steps had well nigh slipt. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. Behold, these are... | |
 | John Bunyan, Robert Hawker - 1822 - 620 pages
...let loose upon pilgrims in ibis valley. Asapli seems to be walking in this valley, when he says, " As for me, my feet were almost gone : my steps had well nigh slipt." Ps. Ixxiu. 7. (ky LetSatan appear in what shape he will, weoujliteter to put OQ Great-heart,... | |
 | Charles Bradley - 1823 - 410 pages
...inviolable their fidelity to him, whether, in this world, they enjoy prosperity, or endure affliction. 2. ' But as for me, my feet were almost gone : my steps had well nigh slipt.' 3. ' For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.' Temptations... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1823 - 546 pages
...seem to be let loose upon them here. Asaph seems to have been walking in this valley, when he said, " As for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipt," Psal. Ixxiii. 7The Dangeri attending the ' Valley of the Shadow of Death. i ~" ~ ~ ~ ~" ~~... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 530 pages
...thyself in any wise to do evil. — Ps. xxxvii. 1, 2. 7 — 9. As for me, my feet were almost gone, &c. for I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. — Ps. Ixxiii. 2 — 4. They envied Moses also in the camp, and Aaron the saint of the Lord. — Ps.... | |
 | John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...in dust and ashes. — Job vi. 8, 9. vii. 15. xlii. 3. 6. As for me, my feet were almost gone, &c. for I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked, &c. Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, &c. So foolish was I, and ignorant, as a beast, &c. -Ps.... | |
 | Martin Luther - Lutheran Church - 1824 - 588 pages
...temporal blessings : so that, even the prophets were almost moved away with envy : as in Psalm Ixxiii., " But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipt. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." And again, in the... | |
 | John Owen - Conscience, Examination of - 1825 - 334 pages
...to hallucination, to the slipping of my foot into sin, as he expounds the meaning of that phrase : " But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps...foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." There 96 was, from indwelling sin, a continual disposition in him to be slipping, stumbling, halting,... | |
 | John Owen - Conscience, Examination of - 1825 - 338 pages
...to hallucination, to the slipping of my foot into sin, as he expounds the meaning of that phrase : " But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps...foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked." There was, from indwelling sin, a continual disposition in him to be slipping, stumbling, halting,... | |
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Truly God is good to Israel, Even to such as are of a clean heart. But as for me, my feet were almost gone ; My steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked. 
