...contained the Deity, he exclaimed : ' But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ! ' These words were like a flood of heavenly glory streaming out of the first temple, which, piercing...

...II. 1 Kings viii. 27, 28, 29, 30. But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded! Yet have thou respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication, O Lord my God, to hearken...

...the children of Israel in the wilderness. The very builder of the great Temple had said, " Behold, the heaven of heavens cannot contain Thee ; how much less this house that 1 have builded !" Thus far they listened to him. But now, kindling with his subject, and filled with...

...Amen. SECTION VI. 1 Kings viii. 27. But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that 1 have builded. ler. xxiii. 23, 24. Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off"! Can...

...addressed, "will God," he cried, "indeed dwell on the earth! Behold the heaven, and the heaven of hearens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded." And then he goes on to supplicate that the eyes of the Lord might be continually on his temple, and...

...and earth? saith the Lord." feolomon addressed him at the dedication of the temple as omnipresent. " Will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven...heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house I have builded ?" We cannot conceive that God, who made, and who preserves and governs all things,...

...uddicorm,MAFSAfrom2Chron. chap. vi. verse 18, " But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth ; behold heaven, and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee, how much less this house that I have built.1' The whole of the frame-work of the windows, doors, pillars, groins, roof, and pulpit, with...

...spoken unto thy servant David. " But will God, in very deed, dwell with men on earth ? Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have built ! " Have respect, therefore, to the prayer of thy servant, and to his supplication,...

...the temple, his observation was, " Will God in" deed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the " heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot " contain thee, how much less this house '« that I have builded ? 1 Kings viii. 27." xx rest? 2. For all those things hath " mine hand made (//), and all those " things...

...afterwards saith, 1 Kings viii. 27, " But will God indeed dwell on the 202 earth? Behold, the heaven, arid heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house that I have builded ? " But the same is still more expressively set forth by Isaiah, chap. Ixvi. " Thus saith the Lord,...