 | Lewis Bayly (bp. of Bangor.) - 1719 - 490 pages
...chaftifement, he chofe rather tq be corrected by the hand of God, than by any other means ; * Let us fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great ; And let we not fa.ll into the hand of man. Who will not take any afrt&ion in good part, when it cometh from... | |
 | Pierre Bayle - Biography - 1826 - 434 pages
...with a plague sent from God, he answered the prophet Gad, " I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, (for his mercies are great) and let me not fall into the hand of man. 2 Sam. xxiv. 14." To apply what has been said to a Spinozist, let us remember that he... | |
 | Charles Drelincourt - 1732 - 536 pages
...never forget theReafon of his Choice, Let us fall now, faith he to the Prophet Gad, into the Hands of the Lord, for his Mercies are great; and let me not fall into the Hand of Man. all all are Partakers, then are ye Baftards, and not Sons, Heb. xii. All things work together... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...return to him that fent me. 14 And David faid unto<*ad, lam in a GREAT STRAIT : let us FALL now into the the HAND of the LORD (for his MERCIES are great) and let me not FALL into the HAND of Man. 15 So the LORD fent a PESTILENCE upon Ifrael, from the Morning even to the time appointed... | |
 | John Brailsford - Sermons, English - 1776 - 334 pages
...aflurance, therefore, that David fo ftrenuoufly pronounced the words of the text, " Let us fall now into the hand of " the Lord (for his mercies are great) " and let me not fall into the hand " of man." £ 2 But t 5* I But why need we recur to the experience of former ages, when our own... | |
 | James Murray - 1780 - 240 pages
...ON SERMON IX. 2 SAM. xxiv. 14. And David f aid, I am in a great Jl rait : Let me fall into the band of the Lord, for his mercies are great ; and let me not fall into the hands of men. THE King of Ifrael appears now ta have been at his laft fliift : — if he had thought of this... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1795 - 472 pages
...wield ; " Vengeance is mine, I will repay, faith the Lord." If I muft be punifiied, " let me fall now into the hand of the LORD, for his mercies are great : and let me not fall into the hand of man." -The only vengeance permitted to man is a vengeance of kindnefs and forgivenefs ; the... | |
 | Edmund Calamy - Dissenters, Religious - 1802 - 594 pages
...uniformity took place, on '2 Sam. xxiv. 14. And David said unto God, I am ma great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord, for his mercies are great, and let me not fall into the hand of man. §As a specimen of his spirit and manner, it may not be amiss here to introduce a brief... | |
 | Andrew Lee - Bible - 1803 - 422 pages
...one who knows and pities his weaknefs, though he hath none of his own : " Let me fall into the hands of the Lord, for his mercies are great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man." BUT the apoftle did not ftop with a declaration that the judgment of others did not move... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 534 pages
...David made an heroic and religious fefily, and said unto Gad, I am in a great strait : let us fall now into the hand of the LORD ; for his mercies [are] great ; and let me not fall into the hand of man. t lj. '. .'So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel, from the morning even to the time... | |
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Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man. 
