 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 pages
...Holy Writ. " Two things have I required of thee, deny me them not before I die. Remove far from nie vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty, nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the... | |
 | Charles Brockden Brown - American literature - 1804 - 740 pages
...: " Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die. Remove me far from vanities and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me, lest I be full and deny thee, and say, W~ho is the Lord ? or lest I be poor and steal, and take the... | |
 | William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...too firmly, and does not fufpect that they will give way. Hence Agur prefers mediocrity to wealth ; " Left I be full and deny thee, " and fay, Who is the Lord ?" Hence we are to charge the rich, " not to truft in uncertain riches." The admonition implies the... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...2. ...Two things have I required of tbee ; deny me them not before Fdie : remove far from me vanky and lies ^give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed...and fay, Who is the Lord ? Or left 1 be poor, and flea?, and take the name of my God in vain. CHAPTER XIV. THE ROYAL PREACHER. ; ^ , ; r-pi ,.!,... J[_... | |
 | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. - 1806 - 508 pages
...and I will curfe your blefilngs. eA<a»jy. 13- Whom therefore ye ignoranlly worfhip— f Prov. 30. 9. Left I be full, and deny thee, and fay, Who is the Lord ? Or left I be poor, and fteal, and take the name of my God in vain. g Mai. I. 6, 7, 12. If then I be a father,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 428 pages
...to moderate views of human life and human happiness. Remember and admire, the wisdom of Agur's wish. Remove far from me vanity and lies. Give me neither...poverty nor riches. Feed me with food convenient for me : Lest I befull, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? On Moderation. 231 Lord ? or lest I be poor,... | |
 | Richard Steele - Business ethics - 1807 - 238 pages
...and trouble therewith, Prov. xv. 16. " TUTO things have I required of Thee, deny me not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; "give me neither...poverty nor riches, feed me with food convenient for me, £#c. Prov. xxx. 7, 9. " Better is the sight of the eyes, than the wandering of the desire. This is... | |
 | Thomas Edward Ritchie - 1807 - 536 pages
...prayer i$ fufficiently noted — " Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die : remove far from me, vanity and lies ; give me neither...poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me ; lest I be full and deny thee, and fay, who is the Lord ? or lest I be poor, and fteal, and take the... | |
 | Samuel Fothergill - Sermons, English - 1808 - 230 pages
...high, on the account of riches, or honours, in the efteem or applaufe of men ; " Remove, therefore, far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; but feed me," I pray thee, " with food convenient for * i Theff. v. 17. t Matt. iii. 8. me, left... | |
 | Thomas Beck - 1809 - 226 pages
...Agnr's Prayer. AGUR'S PHAYEK. Two things hare I required of thee ; cL'ny me them not before I die. Remove far from me vanity and lies ; give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed mo with food convenient for me, lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, " Who is the Lord f" .or lest... | |
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Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor,... 
