 | Sarah Trimmer - 1835 - 276 pages
...let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and it was so. And God made two great lights ; the greater light...light to rule the night ; he made the stars also. And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone ; I will make him an help meet for him.... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1803 - 472 pages
...form a judgment of the rest. [.rj God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night; He made the stars also, [«] Psal. civ. i, a. [*] Can any thing be more simple, and at the same time more august? I shall speak... | |
 | 1807 - 570 pages
...them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and it was so. 16 And God made two great lights : the greater lizht...light to rule the night : he made the stars also. 1 7 And God set them jn the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...Sun and moon created. Gen. i. 16. God made two great lights, the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night, he made the stars also. Job xxxviii. 12, 19, 24. Gen. i. 3. God said let there be light, and there was light. Ps. Ixxiv. 16,... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth : and it was so. • I. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to...lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. Lastly, whix;h is their chiefest use, he willed that they should serve to give lively heat and light,... | |
 | Sarah Trimmer - 1811 - 396 pages
...let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and it was so. And God made two great lights; the greater light to...lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 1 7 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, and to rule over... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 312 pages
...let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth :' and it was so. And God made two great lights ; the greater light...also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth : and to rule over the day, and over the night, and to divide the light... | |
 | James Patriot Wilson - 1812 - 288 pages
...When the adjective precedes its substantive, the verb to be (iTn) is for the most part understood. 16 And God made two great lights; the greater light to...lesser light to rule the night; he made the stars also. 17 And God set them in the firmament of the heaven, to give light upon the earth, 18 And to rule over... | |
 | Charles Caleb Colton - 1812 - 294 pages
...God — and mostly Man !* the Mosaic; since that in all probability, relates only to our system. " And God made two great lights ; the greater light...and the lesser light to rule the night ; he made the start also." This, 1 humbly conceive to be a simple, yet sublime account of our system, the sun, the... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...their orders at first. Gen. i. 16. ' God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : he made the stars also.' And they have still observed these orders since. Psal. civ. 19. 'He appointeth the moon for seasons : the... | |
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And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. 
