 | 1846 - 398 sivua
...declare — a truth which, whether high or low, Britain or Hindoo, we should never forget, namely that God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; that it is with an equal eye, as Lord of all, he looks down on Brahmin and Bishop, Sikh and Queen,... | |
 | Richard Warner - 1828 - 476 sivua
...he did eat." It is not for man to attempt to vindicate the counsels or operations of God, for " his ways are not as our ways, nor his ** thoughts as our thoughts ;" but we may be permitted to say, that, in this narrative from holy writ, every thing is as consistent... | |
 | 1828 - 398 sivua
...his truth, dispise his grace, And sure distrnction find. PBOVD. For the Lord bath declared, that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, he maketh his sun to rise upon the evil, as well as the good— he is ever wailing to be gracious,... | |
 | James Paterson - 1828 - 216 sivua
...Misery .is the road to Happiness, ^Suffering the way to Glory, and Death the way to Life. (Truly his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.) It 'is evident, from scripture, and also from experience, that these are the maxims of Heaven. Nothing,... | |
 | James Haldane Stewart - 1828 - 500 sivua
...which the conduct of men is so generally regulated. Well, indeed, may it be said of him, that " His ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." I speak not here of that fearfulness that is so general in the minds of men, of making known their... | |
 | Isabella Marshall Graham - 1828 - 418 sivua
...him."—No ; my friend has been a great unbeliever, yet hath the Lord, the sovereign Lord, " whose ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts," brought you out of a "fearful pit, and out of the miry clay; set your feet upon a rock, and established... | |
 | John Miller - 1830 - 544 sivua
...redemption ; they will as surely meet, in perfect concord, in that particular and awful close of it. God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts, in such respects as this ; and he is verily all mighty. And this is a sufficient answer, and one that... | |
 | John Witherspoon - 1830 - 360 sivua
...light." How forcibly we are reminded of the Scripture declarations, concerning the divine mercy, that " God's ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; but that as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are his ways higher than our ways, and his... | |
 | James A. Begg - 1830 - 264 sivua
...and the prediction too sublime, to refer to the debased, despised, oppressed, and infidel Hebrews. But God's ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as ours. Of the aggravation of their past and present guilt, man cannot form so correct an estimate as... | |
 | William Hales - 1830 - 1222 sivua
...days, BC 2093. Thus, by a singular and most unexpected and surprizing dispensation of Him, " whose ways are not as our ways, nor His thoughts as our thoughts," was Saul " the blasphemer" of CHRIST, and "persecutor" of his saints, made the Jirst fruits of the... | |
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... his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts. 
