 | Morgan Williams - 1822 - 728 sider
...out of it wast thou taken, for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. Deut. xxxii. 29. O, that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! 1 Sam. ii. 6. The Lord killeth and maketh alive : he bringeth down to the grave, and briugeth op.... | |
 | David Harrowar - 1822 - 440 sider
...a solemn and impressive subject ! In the view of it, we may say with Moses, concerning sinners, " O that they were wise ; that they understood this ; that they would consider their latter end !" Eternal salvation and damnation, are really overwhelming considerations ! They are calculated to... | |
 | Hugh Worthington - 1822 - 556 sider
...This wish would have been vain and senseless, but for the belief in another state of existence. " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end ! Deuteronomy xxxii. 29. This expression could only arise from looking forward to futurity. In Psalm... | |
 | 1821 - 992 sider
...looked up to heaven, and expressed in the words of the text, the thoughts of his bleeding heart, " O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end." Having breathed that solemn wish, he blessed them once more, and the same day went up mount Nebo, from... | |
 | Henry Kollock - 1822 - 576 sider
...Does he instantly dart forth his thunders, and. sink them in despair? No! he affectionately cries, "O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter «nd :" (Deut. xxxJi. 29.) " Oh that my people had hearkened unto me:" (Ps. Ixxxi. 13.) "Turn ye, turn... | |
 | 1822 - 480 sider
...with the privileges of thesanctuary. Brother Bingham preachedfrom Deut. xxxii, 29—31. "O that thej were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end. Fortheir rock is not as our roek, even our enemies themselves being judges." The object of the discourse... | |
 | 1823 - 494 sider
...the man of God, beheld the degraded state of the Israelites, he piously prayed in their behalf, " O that they were wise, that they understood this ; that they would consider their latter end." Properly considering our latter end, is " numbering our days ;" and this is the best method of " applying... | |
 | William Hurn - 1823 - 142 sider
...come upon them. Behold therefore, I have smitten my hand at thy dishonest gain which thou hast made. O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter eud."» For " the getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that... | |
 | William Paley - 1823 - 382 sider
...to every thing which we read in the Old Testament concerning it. SERMON XXX. NEGLECT OF WARNINGS. Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter enrf.-fDeuL xxxii.29. THERE is one great sin, which, nevertheless, may not he amongst the number of... | |
 | Andrew Fuller - 1824 - 418 sider
...teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom ; and God himself, as saying, O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end.'* But these things, instead of being recommended and urged as motives of piety, are discouraged by Dr.... | |
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O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 
