 | William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...had prepared but myself; and omorrow am I invited unto her also with he king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." It is to no purpose to exempt some even from real evils; they will be ure to conjure up imaginary ones.... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1832 - 376 pages
...so heavy was woe resting on him, that he told his friends and Zeresh his wife, " all this availeth me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." Sa true is it, that there is no peace to the wicked ; that even while strife against our Maker seems... | |
 | Robert Vaughan - 1832 - 450 pages
...prepared but myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai, the Jew, sitting at the king's gate. And it should be well considered, that it is not the more favourable condition of those who are raised... | |
 | Richard Allestree (D.D.) - 1832 - 402 pages
...related to his friends all his prosperities, ver. 11. he concludes thus, ver. 13. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai, the Jew, sitting at the king's gate. On the other side, the peaceable spirit that can quietly pass by all injuries and affronts, enjoys... | |
 | Author of The infant Christian's first catechism - 1833 - 238 pages
...the banquet, not even this proud thought could remove his vexation. " All this," said he, " avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." So tormenting, my child, are evil passions to the heart in which they are allowed to dwell ! Pride... | |
 | 1833 - 930 pages
...to-morrow I am invited to her also with the king. manded him. ed to come. 13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at CHAP. V. the King's gate. 1 Esther adventuring on On king's faror, oh14 IT Then said Zeresh his wife... | |
 | S. T. Sturtevant - 1834 - 662 pages
...uuto her with the king." — After this preamble, what is the conclusion ? — " Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate." This illustration of the state and character of Haman admirably prepares for the observations which... | |
 | Augustus William Hare - 1836 - 526 pages
...together, and, after telling them of his riches and power, to say to them, " Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate, who will not bow to me, nor do me reverence." Surely Ahab might have been satisfied with the riches... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1836 - 560 pages
...invited unto her, also, with the King: this aspiring, haughtywretch could add, Yet all this axaileth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai, the Jew, sitting at the king's gale. Our first parents became discontented with their very nature ; and under the influence of Ambition... | |
 | 1837 - 328 pages
...prepared but myself; and to-morrow am I invited unto her also with the king. Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. "IT MAT. 6:1. Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them : otherwise ye have... | |
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Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate. 
