 | James Hough - 1839 - 526 sider
...aggression, and threatening great things : but, in reliance upon the God of truth, we tell them, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." (1 Kings xx. 11.) Besides these exertions, we are informed, by the Hon. & Rev. George Spencer, that... | |
 | Sir George Everest - 1839 - 164 sider
...honour to be, &c. &c. GEORGE EVEREST. LETTER VIII. " And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." i KINGS. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR ROYAL HIGHNESS, IT will now be in place to consider that paragraph of the... | |
 | Andrew Gray - 1839 - 508 sider
...are indeed engaged in this holy warfare, that counsel which Ahab gave to Benhadad, 1 Kings xx. 1 1, Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself, as he that putteth it off•. Let confident faith be mixed with holy fear, that there may be a sweet mixture of these two, and there... | |
 | George Bush - 1839 - 458 sider
...and asses. 36 And Sarah, my master's wife, '"'vvr. l.ch. 13.2. similar usage occurs 1 Kings 20. 11, ' Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he that putteth il off; Heb. As he that openelh it. Ps. 102. 20, ' To loose those that are appointed to death ;' Heb.... | |
 | Edward Bather - 1840 - 586 sider
...how alarming also the necessity which urges ! " Let us not be weary of well-doing " yet : nor " let him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." Standing where I do, I cannot hesitate in the choice of a subject of discourse. Neither shall I change... | |
 | 1883 - 498 sider
...one is almost sure to aid another, the matter shall be put to the proof. This was the quotation : " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off." It is a proverb used, perhaps coined, by the notorious Ahab, King of Israel. How apposite the 170 AHAB'S... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1856 - 860 sider
...and that the Museum will not less be a gainer by the Society. But remembering the sacred caution, " Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off," I will avoid boasting, and be content to promise to do my best. Professor More moved that the thanks... | |
 | David Thomas K. Drummond - 1841 - 404 sider
...who is found in the face of the enemy fighting hand to hand, and disputing every inch of ground. " Let not him that girdeth on his harness, boast himself as he who putteth it off." The true source of strength in preparation is watching unto prayer. Had the disciples... | |
 | 1885 - 302 sider
...our weapons of war. "Now," said Mr. Freeman, "you are equipped for the field, but 'Let not him hat girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off' (1 Kings xx. 1 1 ). You will have to learn the use of these things, and endure hardness as good soldiers."... | |
 | William Goode - 1842 - 706 sider
...our learned Bishop White thus replies. "The Jesuit imagiueth that this argument is invincible. But let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off .... The argument reduced to form will discover its own weakness. ' If the text of the Scripture may as easily... | |
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Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off. 
