 | Robert Jenkin - 1708 - 606 pagina’s
...impenitent againft all the methods which God has been pleafed to ufe to reclaim them. For of fuch ,M 3 6. It is the Glory of God to conceal A thing, but the honour of Kings is to fearcb out a matter, Prov. XXV. 2. The obfcurity of Prophecies may bedefignedto... | |
 | Benjamin Whichcote - 1751 - 460 pagina’s
...anfwereth a matter before he heareth it, it is folly andjhame to him. Prov. xxv. 2. On the contrary ; it is the glory of God to conceal a thing ; but the honour of the king is to fearch out the matter. Thus I think 1 have given you, if not a certain, yet... | |
 | David Durell - 1772 - 326 pagina’s
...explains the Word as I do. This is the only Place where it occurs in either of thefe Senfes. V. 2. It is the Glory of God to conceal a Thing : but the Honour of Kings is to fearch out a Matter. DoSa "1231 — "OT inDn D»nStf "DD : "QT Ipn ] Thefe Hemiftics... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1804 - 606 pagina’s
...foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished. Chap. xxv. 2 — It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. Ver. 5 — Take away the wicked from'before the king, and... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pagina’s
...capacity cannot reach unto ; but as for these human affairs, they may be searched into : VOL. HI. R XXV. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the ho* now of kings is to search out a matter. and it is the glory of kings to fathom them, even to the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pagina’s
...their own will- t But for the sciences, which contemplate nature, the sacred philosopher declares, " It is the glory of God to conceal a thing ; but the glory of the king to find it out." As if the Divine Being thus indulgently condescended to exercise the human... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pagina’s
...CHAP. XXV. 1 HESE are also proverbs of Solomon, which the men of Hezekiah king of Judah copied out. 2 It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 3 The heaven for height, and the earth for depth, and the... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 524 pagina’s
...sufficient to divert our attention from the oracles of God. It is a celebrated observation of Solomon, that " it is the glory of God to conceal a thing." (:) But, as both. piety arid common sense suggest that this is not to be understood generally of every thing,... | |
 | 1819 - 654 pagina’s
...maid." — " There be three things which go well, a greyhound, att he-goat also, and a king." — " It is the glory of God to conceal a thing, but the honour of kings is to search out a matter." — " When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently... | |
 | 1819 - 488 pagina’s
...established in righteousness1. To do justice and judgment, is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice". It is the glory of God to conceal a thing ; but the honour of kings is to search out a matter". Let it suffice you, O princes of Israel, remove violence... | |
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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing : but the honour of kings is to search out a matter. 
