But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die: and their departure is taken for misery. And their going from us to be utter destruction: but they are in peace. The Parish Magazine - Page 241870Full view - About this book
| Samuel Clarke - 1730 - 434 pages
...more capable of being delivered at all. And as to Virtuous and GWmen; 'tis no lefs certain that the Souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there fhall no Torment touch them. They are in Scripture reprefented as being in Paradife, or in Abraham's... | |
| 1740 - 480 pages
...a feparate State, before " the Refurredlion. See the book ' of Wifdom, *' Chap. iii. i, 2, 3,4. The Souls of the Righteous " are in the Hand of God, and there Jhall no Tor" ment touch them. In the Sight of the Unwife " they feemed to die, and their Departure... | |
| Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1771 - 436 pages
...Sufferings. But indeed, even their own apocryphal Scriptures might have taught them better than this. The Souls of the Righteous are in the Hand of God, and there Jhall no Torment touch them*. Nor is their Plea from Antiquity better than that from Scripture. For... | |
| Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 462 pages
...that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. q But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. /Psalm, I. 3,4, 5. «Mal. iii. 2,3. n 1 C r. m 13, 14, 15. a 1 Pet. iv. 17, 18.... | |
| Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...sins, they shall come with fear: and their own iniquities shall convince them to their fucc. But the souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. lu the sight of the unwise they seemed to die : and their departure is taken for... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 982 pages
...possession of the other : here is no interposition of time, of estate. The Wise Man of old could say, " The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God ; and there shall no torment touch them ;" Wisd. iii. 1. " Upon their very going from us, they arc in peace ;" v. 3. «T«fn,... | |
| Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 550 pages
...tremble at the approach of death : but, now that we can boldly say, with the Wise Man, " The souls ot the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them : In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die ; and their departure is taken for... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1811 - 466 pages
...God" in a Separate State before the resurrection. See the book of Wisdom, chap. iii. 1, 2, 3, 4. " The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure is taken for... | |
| Isaac Watts - 1813 - 616 pages
...God, in a separate state before the resurrection. See the book of wisdom, chapter iii. 1 — 4. "The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God. And there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise, they seemed to die, and their departure is taken for... | |
| Richard Mant - 1813 - 440 pages
...of our Saviour. Beautiful to this effect is the language of the author of the Book of Wisdom: " The souls of the righteous are in the hand of God, and there shall no torment touch them. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die; and their departure is taken for... | |
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