 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...torches. How amiably is the tenderness and soli.t citude of GOD for his favourites expressed! ' As the eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,...beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !' On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described; ' I will be unto them as a... | |
 | 1803 - 240 pages
...torches. How amiably is the tenderness and solicitude of Cod for his favourites expressed ! " As the eagle stirreth up " her nest, fluttereth over her...beareth them " on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !" On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described; "I will be unto them as a lion,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 428 pages
...eye, the tenderest and most useful fiart : and this he illustrates by a most \ 1 beautiful image ; As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; as an eagle forces her young ones from the nest, teaching them how to fly, and carries them on her... | |
 | Eliza Hunt - 1808 - 138 pages
...in His love, a Saviour's call attend, And cast thyself upon the sinner's Friend. THE RUFFLED NEST. " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...lead him, and there was no strange God with him." — Deut. xxxii. 11, 12. HE hath stirred up thy nest, His chastening hand Has touched thy pleasant... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 454 pages
...Brook was down in this part of the country, I remember hearing him from Deut. xxxii. 10, 11. 12. " He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling...lead him, and there was no strange God with him." His discourse I heard with great satisfaction, and what he brought forth from the scripture was suitable... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1811 - 612 pages
...he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye- As an eagle stirreth up her nest,futtereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh...did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. THE declarations of God in his word are the principal source from whence we derive our knowledge of... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pages
...to teach them how to fly; and then compares it to the tender care and love of God to his people. " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...them on her wings ; so the Lord alone did lead him [Jacob], and there was no strange God with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth,"... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 528 pages
...catches them on her wings, a«id carries them back to their nest. In reference to this it is added, " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead him." Can any thing present a more beautiful idea to the mind? Can any image whatever more forcibly impress... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 456 pages
...as the following voice of divine sovereignty was echoed through the woods. ." As an eagle stirrcth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth...beareth them on her wings ; so the Lord alone did lead Jacob, and there was no strange God with him," Deut. zzxii. 11, 12. THE SAINTS TRIUMPH. As Eagles stir... | |
 | 1837 - 714 pages
...animal creation ; and, taking an example from the inferior tribes, it beautifully declares, that ' as an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings,' so he watches over his rational offspring, delighting to lead, instruct, and bless them. Rising still... | |
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He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness: he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth... 
