| John Flavel - 1671 - 576 pages
...is the mystery of godliness. " Behold, (saith the prophet, Isa. 40 : 15, 17,) the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance; he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are... | |
| John Dunton - 1708 - 596 pages
...Sea and Ocean of Mercy an.l Love that is in him ; How little a Portion is heard . of him ? Job 24.14. All Nations before him are as nothing, , and they are counted to him lefs than nothing, Vanity, f/n.' 40.12, i°;,.i7, î2. O how great is he that hangeth the Earth upon... | |
| William Whiston - 1717 - 376 pages
...him in the Path of Judgment, and taught him Knowledge, and fhewed to him the Way of Underftanding ? Behold, the Nations are as a Drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the Imall Baft of the Balance : Behold, he taketh up the Jfles as."a very little Thing. And Lebanon is... | |
| Philo-Delphus (pseud.) - 1719 - 332 pages
...there is no Difference betwixt the publick and private Good, in comparifon to God's Glory. Jf.xl-ij. All Nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him at" left than Vanity and Nothing, And if a Nation or any People (hould be reduced to this Streight,... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1722 - 360 pages
...? Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord 5 or being jf.tJ. his counfeller hath taught him ? — . Behold the nations are as a drop of a bucket ; and are counted as the fmall daft , • of the balance : behold he taketh up the ifies as a -very lit!<;_ tie thing. And Lebanon... | |
| Samuel Clarke - 1743 - 500 pages
...counted as the fmall duft of the balance; bebold t SERM.behold, be taketh up the IJles as a *uery IX - little thing : All Nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lefs. than nothing and vanity : To whom then will ye liken God, or what likenefs will ye compare unto... | |
| Benjamin Whichcote - 1751 - 418 pages
...thing ; and Lebantn Is not fufficient to burn, nor the beajis thereof fuffic'unt for a burnt-offer ing. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lefs than nothing and vanity. And then fhort in perfection of fome of his fellow-creatures, fhort of... | |
| 1758 - 508 pages
...bucket, <c and are counted as the fmall duft of the " balance: behold, he taketh up the ifles as ct a very little thing. All nations before him " are as nothing, and they are counted to «' him lefs than nothing m ." NOTWITHSTANDING LIKENESS OF GOD, fays alfo, in the fixth chapter of the fame... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1760 - 382 pages
...who hath ' directed the Spirit of the • Lord; or being his counfel' ler hath taught him?—be' hold the nations are as a • drop of a bucket; and are • counted as the fir.all dud of • the balance: behold he tak• eth up the ides as a very • little thing, and Lebanon... | |
| Cheyney Hart - 1761 - 274 pages
...Lebanon is not fufficient to burn, nor the Beafls thereof fufficient for a Burnt-Offering. 28. Al| Nations before Him are as Nothing; and they are counted to Him lefs than Nothing and Vanity. 30. Day unto. Day uttereth Speech, and Night unto Night fheweth Knowledge.... | |
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