 | 1842
...humiliation, which is needful at all times, and to which the season of Lent especially calls our attention. "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up," might properly be the motto to this Collect. We are led from it to consider the self-humiliation of... | |
 | 1802 - 374 pages
...afflicted, and mourn, and weep ; let your laughter he turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 1 0 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 1 1 Speak not evil one of another, brethren, He that speaketh evil of bis brother, andjudgeth bis brother,... | |
 | Beilby Porteus (bp. of London.) - 1804 - 388 pages
...Though the Lord be high, yet hath he respect to the lowly. As for the proud, he beholdeth them afar off. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble. Learn of me, says our Saviour, for I am meek... | |
 | 1804 - 476 pages
...afflicted, and mourn, and weep ; let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. 10 Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up. 11 Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgcth bis brother,... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1805 - 258 pages
...afflicted and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness. Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.* Humility doth not consist in thinking less or more meanly of ourselves than we are. The difference... | |
 | Thomas Scott - 1805 - 566 pages
...afflicted, and mourn and weep ; let your laughter " be turned into mourning, and your joy into " heaviness ; humble yourselves in the sight of the " Lord, and he shall lift you up'." Make no more vain excuses ; pretend not that your sins have been few or small; be not afraid to view... | |
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 626 pages
...Lord? Oh cast down your crowns, with the twenty-four Elders (Ap'oc. iv. 10.) before the throne of God : Humble yourselves in the. sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up -, James iv. 10. Indeed there is none of us, but hath just cause to be humbled ; whether we consider... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pages
...afflicted, and mourn, and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness ; humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up.'' This abiding sense of our own vilencss must attend our prayer, in opposition to those self-exalting... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1811 - 612 pages
...afflicted then, and mourn and weep; let your laughter be turned into mourning, and your joy into heaviness; humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."r] 1 Luke vii. 47, 48, 50. 1 John i. 9. "> Jcr. xxxi. 9, 30. ; n Ps. xxx. 5. « 2 John vjii. t... | |
 | Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 pages
...abased : And he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted."f And the apostle James says to sinners, " Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and he shall lift you up."f This is an evidence, among others, that the doctrine of election, is a doctrine of the gospel,... | |
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Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded. 
