 | William Dodd - 1842 - 546 pages
...there was wrath upon him, &e. In the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, &c. God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. — 2 Kincs xx. 8, 9. 12— 18 ; 2 Chron. xxxii. 25. 31. Good Josiah (though warned to the contrary)... | |
 | Charles Girdlestone - 1842 - 764 pages
...treasures before strangers. And when we read further in the Chronicles that on this occasion " God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart," 2 Chron. 32. 31, the result, in the case of such an one as Hezekiah, may well warn us, what frail creatures... | |
 | Hannah More - 1843 - 456 pages
...Searcher of hearts already knew this infirmity, yet it is said by the sacred historian, that " God left him to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart." Doubtless the public exposure of his pride was calculated to lead Hezekiah to subsequent repentance... | |
 | Charles Marriott - 1843 - 516 pages
...Israel. Even in the case of Hezekiah, God shewed His goodness, though it is different from theirs: God left him, to try him, that He might know all that was in his heart g . Yet it was not God that tempted him, but his c Matt. vi. 13. d Gen. xxii. 1. e James i. 2. f Deut.... | |
 | Charles Marriott - Sermons, English - 1843 - 518 pages
...Israel. Even in the case of Hezekiah, God shewed His goodness, though it is different from theirs : God left him, to try him, that He might know all that was in his heart g. Yet it was not God that tempted him, but his c Matt. vi. 13. d Gen. xxii. 1. e James i. 2. f Deut.... | |
 | Joshua Dixon - Catechisms - 1843 - 380 pages
...the influences of his Holy Spirit, and leaving us under the power of temptations. God left Hezekiah to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 2 Chron. xxxii. 31. Ephraim is joined to idols : let him alone. Hos. iv. 17. But God cannot really... | |
 | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - Bible - 1843 - 586 pages
...and to keep his commandments, as at this day.' " In 2 Ch. xxxii. 31, it is said, " God left Hezekiah to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart," in the negotiation with the Babylonians ; but in 2 Kings xx. 12, 13, it is simply said, " The king... | |
 | Wilhelm Martin Leberecht De Wette - Bible - 1843 - 578 pages
...and to keep his commandments, as at this day.' " In 2 Ch. xxxii. 31, it is said, " God left Hezekiah to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart," in the negotiation with the Babylonians; but in 2 Kings xx. 12, 13, it is simply said, " The king of... | |
 | Plain sermons - 1844 - 768 pages
...manifest this more fully that GOD permitted him thus to act. GOD " left him," says the inspired writer, " to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart 4 ." Let us take David as another instance of the great danger of prosperity; he, too, will exemplify... | |
 | Theology - 1845 - 818 pages
...Concerning Hezekiah it is said that, " in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, God left him to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart." There was a particular time in the history of Israel, in which God says concerning them, " So I gave... | |
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Howbeit, in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to inquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart. 
