 | Benjamin Farrow - 1708 - 272 pages
...our Endeavours are in vain, Pfal. 127. i, 2. Except the Lord build the tioufe, they labour in vain that build it ; except the Lord keep the City, the Watchman waketh but in vain. It is in vain to rife up early, and to tft up late, and to eat the Bread of Carefulncfs ; forfo he give th... | |
 | Complete collection, Thomas Deacon - 1734 - 292 pages
...Amen. [ Hallelujah. Nift Dominus. Pfal. 127. EXcept the Lord build the houfe : their labour is but loft that build it. Except the Lord keep the city : the watchman waketh but in vain. It is but loft labour, that ye hafte to rife up early, and fo late take reft, and eat the bread of carefulnefs... | |
 | Thomas Gisborne - Christian ethics - 1810 - 446 pages
...But, however valuable it may be, you are not pursuing it in the method most likely to be successful. Except the Lord build the house , their labour is...that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman tvaketh but in main. It is but lost labour that ye haste to rise tip early, and so late take... | |
 | Church of England - 1810 - 466 pages
...own wickedness, the Lord shall lead them forth with the evil doers ; but peace shall be upon Israel. EXCEPT the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. 2 Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 3 It is but lost labour that ye haste... | |
 | George Pretyman - Calvinism - 1811 - 614 pages
...reserved, that the grace of the Giver may excel in all things, according to the saying of the Prophet, ' Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but...that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain (t).' ' It is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of... | |
 | Thomas Scott - Calvinism - 1811 - 824 pages
...God. However much you run, however much you ' contend, you stand in need of him who gives the crown. Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but...that " build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman wakeih tation directly maintains the chief principles of wha is called Calvinism, without... | |
 | Thomas Boston - Theology, Doctrinal - 1812 - 560 pages
...consider what the Lord says, Psal. cxxvii. 1,2. ' Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he gjvcth his beloved... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...wishes, he is there. He influenceth prosperity. " Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows. It is God who giveth his... | |
 | Charities - 1814 - 402 pages
...had been sent over by the Directors, preached in It. His text consisted of the following words : " Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it." The Superintendant, the Council, and all the Colony were present. There was no one thing (as far as... | |
 | Bible - 1815 - 294 pages
...every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Except the Lord build the house they labour in vain that build it : except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. It is vai'n for you to rise up early, to sit up late. Affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth... | |
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Except the Lord build the house, their labour is but lost that build it. Except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain. 
