| John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pages
...when thou wast afraid to sleep, lest thou shouldst awake in hell. Now thou mayest say with David, " I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep ; for thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety." Psa. 5 : 8. Now, come life, come death, the soul is safe ; the peace of God is... | |
| Herman Witsius - 1803 - 476 pages
...at that time to its adversaries ; " know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep ; for thou, Lord, only inakest me dwell in safety. Psal. iv. 3, 8. 1 laid me down :>%\ slept, I awaked for the Lord sustained... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pages
...Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep ; for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety ; I am so satisßfd with thy favour, and so secure under thy protection, that I will lie down and »leefl... | |
| Jean-Baptiste Massillon - 1805 - 304 pages
...desires. But the kingdom of thy saints is not of this world ; a more durable recompense awaits them. VERSE 8. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep : for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. PENETRATED with these holy truths, though I should be called to suffer many and sore afflictions, though... | |
| David Tappan - 1807 - 410 pages
...heart," says an ancient saint, " more, than in the time, when their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace and sleep ; .for thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety." In the second place, religion denies us no pleasure, but such as directly tends... | |
| 1809 - 552 pages
...enemies can take in seeing their barns full of corn, and their presses overflow with wine. Ver. 8. / will both lay me down in peace^ and sleep : for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. ,] Nor can they take their rest more securely than I ; for, though encompassed with these dangers,... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 424 pages
...strength. You shall now see one who is going to bed in the exercise of faith, and hear what he says : " I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety," Psalm iv. 8. It is faith that discriminates those that are God's charge, and those that are not. His... | |
| 1815 - 586 pages
...hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 1 will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. PSALM V. To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. VTlVE ear to my words, O LORD, consider... | |
| 1818 - 960 pages
...Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. nd I bn an abomination. в The priests said not, • ' J ne j'i IV;.T 1-j PSALM V. IT To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. /^ IVE ear to my words, О LORD,... | |
| Ezra Sampson - 1818 - 432 pages
...silent adorations of the heart, both at the instant of falling asleep, and at the moment of awaking. " I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep : for thou Lord only makest me to dwell in safety. — I laid me ' down and slept ; I awaked ; for the Lord sustained me." 28 And... | |
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