 Have compassion on us, and help us." (Mark ix. 22.) But very different she finds him from that which report had described him to her ; for that spoke of him as the merciful Son of man, who would not break the bruised reed nor quench the smoking flax,...  Three Lectures on Buddhism - Sivu 36tekijä(t) Ernest John Eitel - 1871 - 38 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 598 sivua
...com" passion ever beateth in the veins of noble blood, or " reverend prelates, who are the servants of Him, who " would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the " smoakingflajc. You all sit upon one high stage, and " therefore cannot but be more sensible of the... | |
 | John Mitchel (Presbyterian minister.) - 1828 - 282 sivua
...servants of Him, who " would not strive, nor cry, nor cause his voice to be heard in the streets ; who would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax ; who even when reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered, threatened not; but committed himself... | |
 | John Mason Duncan - 1834 - 276 sivua
...high-priest's servant. " They who take the sword, shall perish with the sword," said the Redeemer, who would " not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." " Vengeance is mine, I will recompense, saith the Lord." " The servant of the Lord must not strive... | |
 | Nathan Parker, Henry Ware - 1835 - 540 sivua
...heaving and glowing with pious emotions, they should be in danger of drinking damnation? God forbid. He, who would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, has not laid snares for men's souls around the altar which he invites them to approach. II. But what,... | |
 | Henry Howarth - 1837 - 228 sivua
...gave His sentence, " Neither do I condemn thee ; go, and sin no more ; " let us own that this is He who would not " break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax." But all this we must rather commend to your own careful study, and call forth your own diligent observation... | |
 | 1841 - 508 sivua
...some cases, nor question the right of competent judges to make them : I only entreat, by the mercies of him who would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, that when duty shall call upon us to demand a certain belief as the indispensable condition of Christian... | |
 | 1843 - 822 sivua
...moans of remedy which they still possess ; but let us approve ourselves the servants of the Master who would not break the bruised reed nor quench the smoking flax. Nor let any one excuse his apathy to the welfare and character of his Church, by saying, ' I know nothing... | |
 | 1841 - 500 sivua
...some cases, nor question the right of competent judges to make them : I only entreat, by the mercies of him who would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, that when duty shall call upon us to demand a certain belief as the indispensable condition of Christian... | |
 | Mrs. Bray (Anna Eliza) - 1846 - 384 sivua
...land. The cities whereof trembled and stood mute, as God's word came upon them, and they fell ; and He who would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, yet shook in his wrath the cedars of Lebanon." " It is even so," said the Abbot; " nothing is left... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare - 1846 - 414 sivua
...done. Above all should this maxim regulate the conduct of such as exercise an authority derived from Him, who would not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax. Thus it is in the history of the English Church from 1560 to 1662, that we are to trace the effects... | |
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