 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...can say I have made my heart clean ? XL. Broken contrite heart. Ps. xxxiv. 1 8. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt... | |
 | Sir Philip Sidney - 1807 - 248 pages
...from speaking guile: depart from evil, and do goo*d; seek peace and pursue it. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the right4. ecus, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all." It is not... | |
 | James Thomson (minister at Quarrelwood.) - 1808 - 592 pages
...the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones." Isaiah Ivii. ]?. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Psalm xxxiv. 18. Such a disposition of soul is very different from that where sin maintains its influence. In that... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 512 pages
...saints, and that nothing is acceptable to him without it. Psalm xxxiv. 18. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm li. 17. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 514 pages
...Blessed are they that mourn ; for they shall be comfort-' ed." Psal. xxxiv. 18. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart ; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Isa. Ixi. 1,2. " The Lord hath anointed me. ...to bind up the broken hearted, to comfort all that mourn."... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 632 pages
...of God's goodness, that holy David breaks out into that heavenly Epiphonema, The Lord is nigh unto them, that are of a broken heart; and saveth such, as be of a contrite spirit. Many are the afflictions of the right~ cous, but the Lord delivereth him out of them all; Psalm xxxiv.... | |
 | William Romaine - 1809 - 316 pages
...in dust and ashes. But this is also a good reason for joy in thy God: because the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. He gives to them the knowledge of salvation ; and makes them glad with the joy of his countenance.... | |
 | John Bevans - 1810 - 134 pages
...sin, or, in the language of Scripture, the forgiveness of sins. Psal. xxxiv. 18. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. Psalm cii. 17. He [the Lord] will regard the prayer of the destitute, and not despise their prayer. 18. This... | |
 | Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pages
...Great stress is laid upon this humiliation of the soul by the inspired writers. " The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit," Psalm xxxiv. When Jehovah describes the glory of his Majesty in the sublimest manner, he specifies this indispensable... | |
 | 1832 - 644 pages
...withdrew at times from his disciples, and offered up prayer unto God. Remember also, for your comfort, that " the Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken...heart, and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit." Accept our blessed Lord in those offices which he is graciously willing to perform to all who truly... | |
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The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. 
