Letters, Sermons and Miscellaneous Writings
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781150149450
Paperback|9781150149450
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 edition. Excerpt: ...friends and well-wishers. When the scene changes, and David's troubles force him to leave his house in despair--Shimei is the first man we hear of, who comes out against him. The wheel turns round once more; Absalom is cast down and David returns in peace--Shimei suits his behaviour to the occasion, and is the first man also who hastes to greet him and had the wheel turn'd round a hundred times, Shimei, I dare say, in every period of its rotation, would have been uppermost. O Shimei would to Heaven when thou wast slain, that all thy family had been slain with thee; and not one of thy resemblance left but ye have multiplied exceedingly and replenished the earth; and if I prophecy rightly ye will in the end subdue it. There is not a character in the world which has so bad an influence upon the affairs of it, as this of Shimei; whilst power meets with honest checks, and the evils of life with hone's refuge, the world will never be undone: but thou, Shimei, hast sapp'd it at both extremes; for thou corruptest prosperity--and 'tis thou who hast broken the heart of poverty; and so long as worthless spirits can be ambitious ones, 'tis a character we shall never want. O it infests the court the camp--the cabinet--it infests the church--go where you will--in every quarter, in every profession, you see a Shimei following the wheels of the fortunate through thick mire and clay.----Haste, Shimei --haste; or thou wilt be undone for ever Shimei girdeth up his loins and speedeth after him--behold the hand which governs every thing, --takes the wheels from off his chariot, so that he who driveth, driveth on heavily--Shimei doubles his speed--but 'tis the contrary way; he flies like the wind over a sandy desert, and the place thereof shall know it no..
| ISBN-13 | 9781150149450 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1150149450 |
| Weight | 0.38 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.26 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 108 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2009-12-01 |
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