 | William Ladd - 1831 - 890 pages
...general declarations ; •' It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes." " When a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." " Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and stay on huríes, and trust in chariots... | |
 | 1832 - 460 pages
...wonderfully blessed and prospered; so that the saying of the wisest of kings was signally verified to them, "When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Prov. xvi. 7. The benefits, advantages, and favour, we have experienced by our dependence... | |
 | Edward Bickersteth - 1831 - 332 pages
...is the lesson of our Divine Master ; and if enabled to attain this lesson, often will you find that when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. O that the Redeemer's bequest to his Church may be yours : My peace I leave with you, my... | |
 | John Bird Sumner (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1831 - 722 pages
...honour simply and consistently, are unexpectedly rewarded, in the end, by the good opinion of men. For " when a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." 3 Enable us, O Lord, through " honour and dishonour, through evil report and good report,"... | |
 | George Bush - 1831 - 484 pages
...in Jacob to recognise an overruling Providence in such an unexpected result. Prov. 16. 7, ' When t man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.' What did Esau say on seeing the women and children, arid how was he answered 1 v. 5. ' Who... | |
 | 1831 - 152 pages
...to show the hand of God as clearly as anything we have yet seen. I think it is Solomon who says, ' When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies be at peace with him ;' and this affair of the 1 dians looks very much like it." Mr. Allerton. It does... | |
 | Richard Allestree (D.D.) - 1832 - 402 pages
...hurting us ; nay, he can change their minds towards us, according to that of the wise man, Prov. xvi. 7. When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. A notable example of this we have in Jacob, Gen. xxxii. for, when his brother Esau was coming... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...us to fall into if we provoke our Defender to withdraw from us. Is safety and concord a blessing ? " When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." Is the answer to prayer a blessing? "And whatsoever we ask we receive of Him, because we... | |
 | 1832 - 550 pages
...the conversion and salvation of that individual by whom the offence has beengiven ; remember, that " when a man's ways please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him " — how much more may you expect the conversion of the very near friends and relatives with... | |
 | Tresham Dames Gregg - 1832 - 114 pages
...displease our neighbours.' Again and again I say, "the disposings of the heart are with the Lord" — " when a man's ways• please the Lord he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him." O that men had but faith, that they could be brought to recollect that there is but one... | |
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When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him. 
