 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things. And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but...  The Works of Augustus M. Toplady - Page 293by Augustus Toplady - 1825Full view - About this book
 | Frederick Arthur Hyndman - 1900 - 456 lehte
...The pages of Scripture become instinct with life when searching for " the Lord and Giver of Life." " And Thy counsel who hath known, except thou give Wisdom, and send Thy Holy Spirit from above, for Thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things. (Wisdom ix. 17.) " And let all creatures serve Thee,... | |
 | Elizabeth Miller Jefferys - 1901 - 186 lehte
...bless our work! EMJ Philadelphia, November sg, igoo. Study in the Book of Revelation " The things that are in heaven who hath searched out, and Thy counsel...Thou give Wisdom, and send Thy Holy Spirit from above ? " — WISDOM ix. 16, 17. 00 tlbe Beloved and tbonoreO ot Jfatber and flbotber Note Introductory to... | |
 | Cosimo Noto - 1903 - 396 lehte
...things that are upon earth, and with labor do we find the things that are before us, but the things that are in heaven, who hath searched out? And thy counsel...thou give Wisdom and send thy holy Spirit from above? For so the ways of those who lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that... | |
 | James Russell Lowell - 1904 - 388 lehte
...which, interpreting it presently " by the theological way," he compares to that of the Holy Spirit. " And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom and send thy Holy Spirit from above ?" (Wisdom of Solomon, ix. 17.) The last words of the Convito are, " her [Philosophy] whose proper... | |
 | Edgar Charles Sumner Gibson (bp. of Gloucester) - 1908 - 864 lehte
...distinct from the Father, He was yet one with Him, and so Himself divine. So with increasing clearness, "And Thy counsel who hath known, except Thou give wisdom, and send Thy Holy Spirit from above." See also Wisdom i. 5 and Ecclus. xlviii. 12, where Codex A reads, 'EXuraie ^irXijo-0ij irrcv/ia,Tot... | |
 | William Oscar Emil Oesterley, George Herbert Box - 1911 - 530 lehte
...beholder of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue. For the Spirit of the Lord filleth the world, n17, And thy counsel who hath known, except thou give wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above. One is irresistibly reminded of the words of Isaiah (n*) : The spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him,... | |
 | Mary Anne Atwood - 1918 - 712 lehte
...which are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us ; but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out ? and thy counsel...thou give Wisdom and send thy Holy Spirit from above ? For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed, and men were taught the things that... | |
 | 1922 - 72 lehte
...things that are on earth, and the things that are before us we find with labour: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out? And thy counsel who hath divined, except thou gavest wisdom, and sentest thy holy spirit from above ? WISDOM ix. 13-17. § 18.... | |
 | Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.) - 1873 - 472 lehte
...before us ; but the things that are in heaven, who hath searched out ?" But because it goes on to say, " And Thy counsel who hath known, except Thou give wisdom, and send Thy Holy Spirit from above;"2 therefore we refrain indeed from searching out the things which are in heaven, under which... | |
 | Paul Carus - 1899 - 812 lehte
...God a detective Wisdom called the Holy Spirit. Wisdom and the Holy Spirit have different functions. "Thy counsel who hath known except thou give Wisdom, and send thy Holy Spirit from above?" This verse (ix. 17) is followed by two chapters (x., xi.) relating the work of Wisdom through past... | |
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