| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1877 - 490 sidor
...intimate that the devils are likewise rendezvousing here. " When we are in our church assemblies, 0, how many devils do you imagine crowd in among us ?...is a devil that makes another to be thinking of he scarce knows what ; and there is a devil that makes another to be pleasing himself with wanton and... | |
| 1803 - 400 sidor
...mildews, moths and ruit, trill be»et the best labours of man — no wonder — when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them. Those ultimately evil geniuses of property, and I fear of every government where they can ob-. tain... | |
| Nathanael Emmons - 1812 - 420 sidor
...and exertinghis power and influence here. The author of the book of Job says, "When the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them." And when the Lord asked him whence he came, he answered, "From going to and fro in the earth, and from... | |
| 1808 - 632 sidor
...be hurrahed by the enemy, even in their most devotional exercises : — Thus, ' When the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them.' (Job i. 6.) In the character of the prince of the power of the air, Safan is permitted to hover round,... | |
| Samuel Stennett - 1824 - 520 sidor
...the hearts of those just now described. ' When the sons of God,' as we read in the story of Job, ' came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them to present himself before the Lord b' In like manner, wherever the gospel is preached, he watches his... | |
| Russel Canfield - 1827 - 302 sidor
...however, a convertible mode of expression, is found ; and it is recorded, that " when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them." But this should not excite surprise, since we are assured by the twelve disciples of Christ, that there... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1829 - 628 sidor
...absent, they sought not the Lord after the due order, 1 Chron. xv. 13. At the time when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them. And Solomon's ships, when they brought gold, and silver, and pearls, also brought apes and peacocks.... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 632 sidor
...absent, they sought not the Lord after the due order, 1 Chron. xv. 13. At the time when the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them. And Solomon's ships, when they brought gold, and silver, and pearls, also brought apes and peacocks.... | |
| Charles Wentworth Upham - 1831 - 302 sidor
...that the devils are likewise rendezvousing here. It is reported in Job, i. 5, " When the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan...among them." When we are in our church assemblies, O, how many devils do you imagine, crowd in among us ! There is a devil that rocks one to sleep. There... | |
| Thomas Watson - 1833 - 794 sidor
...if he cannot hinder us from hearing, he will hinder us in hearing: Job. i. 6, " When the sons of God came to present themselves before the Lord, Satan came also among them." The devil sets vain objects before the fancy, to cause a diversion. Satan's great design is to render... | |
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