| Thomas Dick - 1826 - 414 páginas
...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...grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that fainteth not, neither is weary." " The Lord made the heavens, the heaven of heavens, with all... | |
| Charles Wellbeloved - 1826 - 278 páginas
...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 !" In the contemplation of such power, my mind is lost, my faculties are unequal to the full conception... | |
| William Wake - 1827 - 454 páginas
...knowest; for 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,...curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Psalm cxxxix. 7. Whither shall I go from thy spirit ? or whither shall Iflee from thy presence ? "... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 páginas
...All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing and vanity." " It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : that stretchetl] out the heaven as a curtain ; and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." " Hast thou... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 666 páginas
...Behold, the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers.' The prophet's design in describing the Deity with so much magnificence is to discountenance idolatry,... | |
| Portier - 1828 - 528 páginas
...behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgement. Isaiah, 40. 22. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreaderh them out as a tent to dwell in. 45. 8. Drop down, ye heavens, from above, let the skies pour... | |
| Frederick Corbyn - 1828 - 376 páginas
...not be moved. Have ;e not known ? have ye not heard 1 Hath it not been told you from the beginning ? Have ye not understood from the foundations of the...that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, And the inhabitations are as grasshoppers ; . That stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, And spreadeth them... | |
| Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 páginas
...the greatness and majesty of the Creator, and the insignificance of man in comparison of Him, says, " It is He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers," Is. xl. 22. The army of the Midianites and Amalekites is described " as grasshoppers for multitude,"... | |
| 1828 - 1042 páginas
...been told you from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 // h hat I may d-.vell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LOR strctcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That bringeth... | |
| William Jay - 1829 - 592 páginas
...understanding is infinite. His power is almighty. His dominion is everlasting. He is Lord of all. " It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...nothing: he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity." To this consideration he himself appeals, in the close of this chapter. "But cursed be the deceiver,... | |
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