 | Timothy Mather Cooley - 1837 - 370 pages
...advertise himself for office — dazzle the public mind with high pretences, like aspiring Absalom, ' Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man that hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice !' Such devotees to applause... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...tribes of 3 Israel. And Absalom said unto him, See, thy matters are good and right; but 4 a ¡here it o the drink offering t 5 might come unto me, and I would do him justice! And it was 50, that when any man саше nigh to... | |
 | John Mitchell - Congregational churches - 1838 - 314 pages
...quarrel ! " See, thy matters are good and right ; but there is no man deputed of the king to hear thee. Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every...which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and 1 would do him justice !" Indeed, how easy it is, — but how ungenerous ! — to pull down a house... | |
 | John Donne - 1839 - 640 pages
...king and not his judgment, the king misled, not rightly informed, say our seditious Absaloms, and, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man might come unto me, and I would do him justice, is the charm that Absalom hath taught every man. They... | |
 | John Donne, Henry Alford - English poetry - 1839 - 630 pages
...king and not his- judgment, the king misled, not rightly informed, say our seditious Absaloms, and, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man might come unto me, and I Vvould do him justice, is the charm that Absalom hath taught every man. They... | |
 | John Donne - Sermons, English - 1839 - 628 pages
...king and not his judgment, the king misled, not rightly informed, say our seditious Absaloms, and, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man might come unto me, and I would do him justice, is the charm that Absalom hath taught every man. They... | |
 | 1840 - 870 pages
...him, See, thy matters are good and right ; but (here it no man deputed of the king to henr thec. 4 P bath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! 5 And it was so, that when nny... | |
 | 1841 - 316 pages
...go out before us, and fight our battles.' 2 Sam. 15. 4, 'Absalom said moreover, Oh that I лЛге made judge in the land, that every man which hath...cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice ." 1 Kings, 3. 9, 'Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may... | |
 | 1745 - 522 pages
...whom your cause can come. Thus he made them discontented with his father. Then he used to add — " Oh ! that I were made judge in the land, that every...cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice !" Thus he tried to persuade the foolish people, that he who had been wicked enough to commit a murder,... | |
 | Anglican fathers - 1842 - 402 pages
...the destruction of the present establishment, in order to make room for themselves to come in. " O that I were made judge in the land, that every man...cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice." So said Absalom (2 Sam. xv. 4). He thought the administration of the government not so well managed... | |
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Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man which hath any suit or cause might come unto me, and I would do him justice! 
