| James Hervey - 1825 - 476 páginas
...impertinence and solemn dulness, in order to maintain a more uninterrupted communion with that mighty Being, " who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers before him;" Isa. xl. 22.* Welcome to Theron was the shady bower ; welcome the cool aspect and the... | |
| James Hervey - 1825 - 424 páginas
...impertinence and solemn dulness, in order to maintain a more uninterrupted communion with that mighty Being who ' sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers before him.'f Welcome toTheron was the shady bower; welcome the * It is thought by some eminent critics,... | |
| Oliver Reywood - 1825 - 542 páginas
...worship ! " the heaven of heavens cannot contain him," he is the King of kings and Lord of lords ; he sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; he is clothed with honour and majesty, thousand thousands minister unto him, ten thousand times ten... | |
| George Paxton - 1825 - 578 páginas
...like a veil or curtain/ We have the same allusion in the sublime strains of Isaiah : " It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.g " The... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 páginas
...you from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 It is he that d have taken ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1826 - 414 páginas
...the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and weighed the mountains in scales 1 He who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that fainteth not, neither is weary." " The Lord made... | |
| Charles Wellbeloved - 1826 - 278 páginas
...dust of the earth in a " measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, "and the hills in a balance! who sitteth upon "the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants " thereof are as grasshoppers ; who stretcheth " out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth " them out as a tent to dwell in !"... | |
| John Pridham - 1826 - 376 páginas
...God ; which instructs us to entertain a proper sense of our wickedness, corruption, and weakness. "He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Behold! the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold!... | |
| William Wake - 1827 - 454 páginas
...thou, even thou, only, knowest the hearts of all the children of men. Isaiah, xl. 22. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Psalm cxxxix.... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 522 páginas
...dust of the earth in a measure. He weigheth the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. Behold all nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance. All... | |
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