 | William Francis Pringle Noble - 1876 - 628 pages
...was promised to Baruch as to Ebed-mclech ; when the whole nation came to ruin, he was to be safe : " Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest." There is another circumstance to be noted in the history of Jeremiah, proving how gracious the Lord... | |
 | Thomas Bradbury - 1877 - 640 pages
...things for thyself 1 Seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest." — Jer. xlv. 6. IF we take into consideration the names of persons, their peculiarities, characters,... | |
 | Frederick Charles Danvers - 1877 - 266 pages
...things for thyself? Seek them not; for, behold, I " will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord; but " thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places " whither thou goest." It is just possible that the king's daughters and Jacob's stone were given into the charge of Baruch,... | |
 | Saint John Henry Newman - 1878 - 612 pages
...thou great things for thyself ? seek them not : for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh ; .... but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest ; " that is, seek not success, be not 1mpatient, fret not thyself— be content, if, after all thy... | |
 | John Keble - 1880 - 410 pages
...things for thyself? seek them not, for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord ; bat thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest." TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 239 LXII. £>untiap after Crim'tp* And looking up to heaven, he sighed,... | |
 | 618 pages
...things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord : but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. MATTHEW xxiii. — 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased ; and he that shall humble... | |
 | Ellen M. Rogers - 1881 - 142 pages
...Will I break down, And that which I have planted Will I pluck up, even this whole land ; * * # * * But thy life will I give unto thee for a prey In all places whither thou goest." 1 "In all places whither thou goest." We have• seen that Baruch was not to remain in Egypt. From... | |
 | Christina Georgina Rossetti - 1881 - 552 pages
...eternal, shared in some sort the recompense of Baruch for his lesser ministrations under Jeremiah. Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. — Jeremiah xlv. 5. A Prayer for Final Acceptance. GOD All-wise, who electing St. Luke to be of the... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott - 1884 - 636 pages
...things for thyself ? seek them not : for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD : but thy life will I give unto thee * for a prey in all places whither thou goest. a ck.39i IS. CHAPTER XLVI.— <» The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the... | |
 | Charles John Ellicott (bp. of Gloucester) - 1884 - 636 pages
...thyself ? seek them not : for, behold, I will bring evil upon « oh. за is. all flesh, saith the LORD : 4C* cC* CHAPTER XLVI.—'1» The word of the LORD which came to Jeremiah the prophet against the Gentiles ;... | |
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And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord : but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. 
