 | J P Droz - 1746 - 480 sidor
...intricate Mazes, which Reafbn hath no Clue to lead out of. In thofe Inftances therefore, where fccmingly the Race is not to the fwift,, nor the Battle to the rtrong, we are not to fuppofe, " That natural Order is inverted, or " general Laws fufpended," we fhould... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 470 sidor
...likely fball mifcarry. Whenever he pleafeth to interpofe to crofs the counfels and defigns of men, the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the Jirong ; neither yet bread to the wife, nor riches to men of underftanding, nor favour to men of shill... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 498 sidor
...the means which the men of the world ufe to accomplim their defigns, may fail and mifcarry ; for " the race is not to the fwift* •* nor the battle to the ftrong, nor yet bread to the " wife, nor riches to men of underftanding, nor " favour to men of fkill... | |
 | John Abernethy - 1757 - 392 sidor
...given us, and by our obfervatibns on the ordinary courfe of things. No man can be fure of fuccefs, the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the Jlrong, the beft concerted projects are liable to a multitude of accidents which do not fall within... | |
 | Titus Knight - 1766 - 480 sidor
...feals, teach true wifdom, and put a finner into the poffeffion of thefe tranfcendant blefllngs. As the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong, fo the bleffings we are enquiring after are not to the worldly wife ; for thus it is written,... | |
 | James Burgh - 1767 - 526 sidor
...makes poor, and makes rich ; " brings low, and lifts up. That riches and " honour come from him. That the race is not " to the fwift, nor the battle to the flrong ; nor " bread to the wife, nor favour to men of flcill ; " but it is the hand of God, that has... | |
 | James Burgh - 1767 - 516 sidor
...makes poor, and makes rich; " brings low, and lifts up. That riches and " honour come from him. That the race" is not " to the fwift, nor the battle to the flrong; nor " bread to the wife, nor favour to men of ikill; " but it is the hand of God, that has... | |
 | Laurence Sterne - 1769 - 332 sidor
...thofe whom they are to encounter. — And yet afterwards, Cc in the ninth chapter, he obferves, that the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong; — neither yet bread to the wife, — nor yet riches to men of underftanding, — nor favour... | |
 | John Flavel - 1770 - 488 sidor
...experience, but confirmed by the vifcrt of men ; Ecckf. ix. I u *« I returned, and fatv under the fan, that the race is not to the "•' fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong ; neither yet bread to the "'* wiiti nor yet riches to fflen of underftanding, nor yet favour... | |
 | George Whitefield - 1771 - 488 sidor
...Carolina, but wanting water they put into Georgia, and fo would take that Colony in their way. But " the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong." Providence ruleth all things. They were Wonderfully repelled and fent away, before our fhips... | |
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... even the race is not to the fwift, nor the battle to the ftrong... 
