| Lindley Murray - Readers - 1799 - 408 pages
...came upon me, and 1 caufed the widow's heart to fing with joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame : I was a father to the poor ; and the caufe which I knew not, I fearched out." — Thus, while the righteous man flourifhes like a tree planted... | |
| Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1802 - 510 pages
...upon me, and J caufed the widow's heart to fing with joy. I was eyes to the blind ', and feet was I to the lame : I was a father to the poor ; and the cattfe which I knew not, Ifearched out *. — Thus while the righteous fiouriflieth like a tree planted... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...and it clothed me: my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and the cause which I knew not I searched out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall die... | |
| John Logan - Sermons, English - 1804 - 504 pages
...cried, the fatherlefs, and him that had none ** to help him. I was eyes to the blind, feet was I ** to the lame : I was a father to the poor, and the " caufe which I knew not, I fearched out. The ** ftrairger did not lodge in the ftreet ; I opened my... | |
| Robert Forsyth - Ethics - 1805 - 540 pages
...it clothed " me: my judgment was as a robe and a dia" dem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I " to the lame. I was a father to the poor: and " the cause which I knew not, I searched out. I " brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked " the spoil out of his teeth. Then I said, I shall "... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 506 pages
...[was] I to the lame ; / directed the ignorant \ 6 and perplexed, and helped the -weak and the feeble. I [was] a father to the poor : and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out ; I was not only a patron, but a father to the poor, providing for him, as vtU as protecting him ;... | |
| William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...it clothed me : my judgment was " as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, " and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the " poor : and the caufe which I knew not I fearched " out. And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and " plucked the fpoil... | |
| John Logan - Sermons, English - 1807 - 254 pages
...that " cried, the fatherless, and him that had none to help " him. I was eyes to the blind, feet was [ to the ." lame : I was a father to the poor, and the cause " which I knew not, I searched out. The stranger " did not lodge in the street; I opened rny doors to " the traveller. The loins of the... | |
| Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1808 - 474 pages
...came upon me, and I caused the widow's heart to sing with joy. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame : I was a father to the poor ; and the cause which I knew not, I searched out *. — Thus while the righteous fiourisheth like a tree .planted by the rivers of water, he bringeth... | |
| 1808 - 512 pages
...I caused the widow's heart to sing for jey-. B was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to theU*me. L was a father to> the- poor: and the cause which I knew not 1 searched- out. Benevolence is- to' be judged of by proportion, by income, by self-denial. Hence1... | |
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