| Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 398 pages
...earth in a- measure, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heaven as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Isa. xl. 22. Thus saith God the... | |
| Arminianism - 1840 - 1122 pages
...captive of the mighty rlmll be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered." Yea, " He that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that strctcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in," He hath said,... | |
| Hervey Wilbur - Catechisms, English - 1823 - 144 pages
...are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. Yea, they shall not be planted: yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in... | |
| 1823 - 406 pages
...Have ye not known ? have ye not heard ? hath it not been told you from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is...curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in." " He stood and measured the earth; he beheld, and drove asunder the nations." " None can stay his hand,... | |
| Sarah Brealey - Jews - 1823 - 408 pages
...It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; (m) who delivered (m) Isa. 40. 22. David out of the teeth of the lion and the paw of the bear, and... | |
| Joseph Benson - Methodist Church - 1824 - 216 pages
...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." (Isaiah xl. 12 — 15.) " It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtaiu, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwdM 196 THE WHOLE DUTY OF MAN. iii ." (Is. xl. 22.) This... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 508 pages
...to him ? From hence God proceeds to expostulate with mankind : ' Have ye not known, &c.? Hare ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, &c. that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. To... | |
| Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 570 pages
...vanity. — He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in; he bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. — To whom then will... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 504 pages
...foundations of the earth? It is he that sitte'th upon the circle of the earth. &c. that stretchctb out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. To whom then will ye liken me, or shall I be equal ? saith the Holy One.' The reasoning, we see, turns... | |
| Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...not been told you from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 the sword, and have taken : 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they... | |
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