 | James Paterson - 1828 - 216 sidor
...short, Misery .is the road to Happiness, ^Suffering the way to Glory, and Death the way to Life. (Truly his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.) It 'is evident, from scripture, and also from experience, that these are the maxims of Heaven. Nothing, however,... | |
 | Isabella Marshall Graham - 1828 - 316 sidor
...said, only return ; and he himself hath turned me, chastened, convinced, «• stored, comforted. ' His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; but as the heavens are above the earth, so are his ways above our ways, and his thoughts high above... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1828 - 476 sidor
...and he did eat." It is not for man to attempt to vindicate the counsels or operations of God, for " his ways are not as our ways, nor his ** thoughts as our thoughts ;" but we may be permitted to say, that, in this narrative from holy writ, every thing is as consistent... | |
 | James Haldane Stewart - 1828 - 500 sidor
...by which the conduct of men is so generally regulated. Well, indeed, may it be said of him, that " His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." I speak not here of that fearfulness that is so general in the minds of men, of making known their... | |
 | 1828 - 398 sidor
...Pervert his truth, dispise his grace, And sure distrnction find. PBOVD. For the Lord bath declared, that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, he maketh his sun to rise upon the evil, as well as the good— he is ever wailing to be gracious,... | |
 | Isabella Marshall Graham - 1828 - 418 sidor
...him."—No ; my friend has been a great unbeliever, yet hath the Lord, the sovereign Lord, " whose ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts," brought you out of a "fearful pit, and out of the miry clay; set your feet upon a rock, and established... | |
 | 1846 - 398 sidor
...— a truth which, whether high or low, Britain or Hindoo, we should never forget, namely that God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; that it is with an equal eye, as Lord of all, he looks down on Brahmin and Bishop, Sikh and Queen,... | |
 | John Witherspoon - 1830 - 274 sidor
...any of the marks of human wisdom, we are naturally led to say, " Salvation belongeth unto God. — His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." Therefore when conviction of sin makes us feel the necessity, and discovers the glory of our Saviour's... | |
 | John Warton - 1830 - 420 sidor
...; because his other perfections are infinite." Here she interrupted me, and said, " Yes, Sir ; but his ways are not as our ways ; nor his thoughts as our thoughts." " That sentiment," I replied, " is very true, and very pious, when rightly understood ; but it has... | |
 | John Miller - 1830 - 544 sidor
...redemption ; they will as surely meet, in perfect concord, in that particular and awful close of it. God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, in such respects as this ; and he is verily all mighty. And this is a sufficient answer, and one that... | |
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