 | John Piggott - 1714 - 554 pages
...like a Stranger upon Earth, and as a Citizen of Heaven, ana will conftantly beg, That God would fo teach me to number my Days, that I may apply my Heart to Wifdpm. (4.) Waiting for our great Change, implies the exercife of the utmoft Diligence to be attually... | |
 | Richard Allestree (D.D.) - 1719 - 512 pages
...quicken thou me in thy way. 1 am a ftranger upon earth, O hide not thy Commandments from me. Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wiidom. TOT the Light of God's Countenance. TORD, why abhorreft thou my foul, and '*-" hideft... | |
 | Johann Caspar Lavater - Christian life - 1795 - 296 pages
...come : — yes, my foul, work while it is -day, for the night cometh when no man can work. O Lord, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wifdom. Let me, Father, let me never Sink in flumber's peaceful lap, Till I have furveyed the... | |
 | William Jay - Free churches - 1805 - 486 pages
...of its vanity do I fee, " and of its vexation do I feel I It is time to feek a " better country. So teach me to number my days, " that I may apply my heart unto wifdortu" Jacob fs now arrived ; he looks around ; fee defcries partially covered with mofs, the... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 558 pages
...my goings in thy paths, that my footsteps slip not ,• xvii. 5 : when we hear a passing-bell, Oh, teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart to wisdom; xc. 12: or, Lord, let me know my end, and the number of my days ; xxxix. 4. Thus may we dart out our... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian ethics - 1808 - 332 pages
...make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is, that I may know how frail I am. So teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom. Amen. "f CHAP. V. Zeal inculcated. Stedfastness. Order. Conscifntiouanes.i. Leadings of... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 562 pages
...life, in my preparation for death. Оh, do thou fit me for that last and happy change. Teach me so to number my days, that I may apply my heart to wisdom, and address it to ensuing glory. XLII. FAITH'S VICTORY. WE are here in a perpetual warfare, and fight... | |
 | Thomas Bayly Howell - Trials - 1809 - 768 pages
...my humbling in this world, I have utterly cnst oiï the thoughts of it, and my aim shall be (o learn to number my days, that I may apply my heart to wisdom, that wisdom that shall wipe away all tears from my eye« and heart, and lead me by the hand to true... | |
 | David Benedict - Baptists - 1813 - 588 pages
...may thereby be fitted to thy service, nor ever desire more than answers to this important end. Thus teach me to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto wisdom." " These virtuous resolutions and pious breathings of soul, were seconded by becoming... | |
 | Charles Buck - Christian life - 1815 - 202 pages
...frail 'I am. Behold thou hast made my days as an hand-breadth, and mine age as nothing before thee. Teach me to number my days that I may apply my heart unto wisdom."* Having now answered the question as to human life, let us make some enquiries as to... | |
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His divine pleasure, and in his good time, restoring health and comfort to my family : " teach me so to number my days, that I may apply my heart to wisdom... 
