 | John Tillotson (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1700 - 446 σελίδες
...done God, we might defpair of pardon ; but it is God and not Man that we haVe to deal with ; and his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts j but as the heavens are high above the earth, fo are his ways akove our wajs, and his thoughts ahove... | |
 | John Norris - 1707 - 440 σελίδες
...Mifterious, as indeed it would be ftrange if they fhould not, fince 'tis God that Governs the World, whofe Ways are not as our Ways, nor his Thoughts as our Thoughts. There may well therefore be Mifteries in Providence as well as in Faith, but then the fame Humility... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1748 - 430 σελίδες
...God, we might defpair of pardon; but il is God, and not man, that we have to deal with ; and . his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts : but as the heavens are high above the earth, fo are his ways above our ways, .and hiy thoughts above... | |
 | Richard Bundy - 1750 - 416 σελίδες
...general and public ones, furprize and confound the bufy Mind of Man, and at firft Sight fhew us, that His Ways are not as our Ways, nor His Thoughts as our Thoughts. Why He mould have deferred the Creation of Man fo long, till within the Space of Six thoufand Years;... | |
 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 488 σελίδες
...GOD, we might defpair of pardon ;. but it is GOD, and not man, that we have to deal with : and " his ways are not " as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts : " but as the heavens are high above the earth, fo " are his ways above our ways, and his thoughts... | |
 | William Braikenridge - 1764 - 378 σελίδες
...are undoubtedly s ER M. doubtedly good reafons for it, which our ignorance cannot comprehend. For his ways are not as our ways, 'nor his thoughts as our thoughts. Again, we may obferve, that though this fpace of time allowed to man be fo very fhort, yet it is long... | |
 | John Witherspoon, William Shenstone - 1765 - 298 σελίδες
...of the marks of human wifdom, we are naturally led to fay, " Salva" tion belongeth unto God. — His ways are not " as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts." Therefore, when conviction of fin makes us feel the neceffity, and difcovers the glory of our Saviour's... | |
 | Richard Clarke (curate of Cheshunt.) - 1770 - 320 σελίδες
...the juflice and judgment, the wrath and vengeance of God, in which we fliall happily fmd, that his ways are not as our ways; nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; for as the heavens are higher than the earth, fo his ways are highcr than our ways, and his thoughts... | |
 | William Burgh - 1779 - 302 σελίδες
...doubt his word, when he is pleafed to reveal any part of them to me. We are told, that the ways of God are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts: And (hall we attempt to contradiifl the declarations of his power, becaufe we cannot exert a fimilar power... | |
 | rev. George Carr - 1782 - 426 σελίδες
...firft, requefts? The reafons of the divine adminiftration are often far above out of our fight; his •ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts ; and we might therefore, and ought to acquiefce in our Saviour's declaration concerning the methods of his... | |
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that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts... 
