 | Francis Bragge - 1833 - 284 oldal
...that may be upon his mind, whether occasioned by affliction or by guilt. The wise king tells us, that the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear hf We all find the weight to be insupportable when it is upon us, and would give any thing in the world... | |
 | Robert Pedder BUDDICOM - 1833 - 312 oldal
...if we consider them to have consisted, either merely, or mainly, in an outward and bodily passion. " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear ? " The intensity of our Lord's agony on the cross, as well as in Gethsemane, arose from the oppressive... | |
 | William Jay - 1834 - 326 oldal
...ease of circumstances, and even health of body, if the mind be perplexed, distracted, tormented ? " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear ?" Now Isaiah tells us how we may obtain and preserve a blessed composure in a miserable world. " Thou... | |
 | Francis Close - 1834 - 462 oldal
...in bitterness for his first-born."* Other calamities are supportable in comparison with this ; for " the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?"f " Surely there is no sorrow like unto this sorrow;1' when the heart bleeds for sin, and the... | |
 | Heman Humphrey - 1834 - 432 oldal
...all of these sufferings taken together, are not worthy to be compared with the loss of reason. — ' The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit,' and may it not be added, a distracted mind, 'who can bear?' Have you ever, my friends, heard the ravings... | |
 | John Scott - 1835 - 426 oldal
...temperance, and judgment to come," is another, and if possible still more striking. Further, it is written, " the spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity, but a wounded spirit who can bear." And this wounded spirit whose anguish is unsupportable, seems to be but another name for remorse of... | |
 | William Nevins - 1836 - 412 oldal
...everlasting arms. But the sinner has nothing under him for support. This is what is meant when it is said, " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" May you never know how insupportable such a spirit is ! A soul stung by itself — a Boul its own accuser,... | |
 | William Nevins - 1836 - 432 oldal
...everlasting arms. But the sinner has nothing under him for support. This is what is meant when it is said, " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear?" May you never know how insupportable such a spirit is ! A soul stung by itself — a soul its own accuser,... | |
 | Susannah Henderson - 1837 - 426 oldal
...arises from our corruption. Which is the greater evil, that which is natural, or that which is moral ? The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ?J Whither was our Lord * Luke xxi. 37. In all probability Gethsemane ; for it is written, Jesus oft... | |
 | 1837 - 844 oldal
...CAUSES AND CURB OF A WOUNDED SPIRIT: A DISCOURSE. Вт THE Rev. WILLIAM BURNS, Minuter of Kilsyth. " The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity: but a wounded spirit who can bear?" — PROV. xviii. 14. THE text expresses this sentiment, — that outward evils are nothing comparecí... | |
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The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge. 
