| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and 19 not light ; it will be very different fnm what you expect. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house to escape a storm, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him ; you may hope for relief... | |
| 1807 - 474 pages
...be superstition, he may soon become really Schiematical and prophane, which is as if a man did jke from a Lion and a Bear met him, or went into the house...and leaned his hand on the wall, and a Serpent bit hiw\. Suppose there were some evil mixtures in our administration of Church-worship, yet (in the judgment... | |
| William Newcome - 1809 - 418 pages
...day of Jehovah unto you? It is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man fled from a lion, And a hear met him : Or went into the house, and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent hit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light? Even thick... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1840 - 586 pages
...realized amongst infidels ! Thus comes to pass the divine record, spiritually interpreted, it is " as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him...and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit Mm." And painfully does all our experience testify to the truth of the words which next follow, " Shall... | |
| James Hervey - 1825 - 500 pages
...in the wildness of your distraction, wherever you seek for shelter ; it shall be, " as if a man fled from a lion and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a serpent bit him," Amos v. 19. * Before the overthrow of Catania by an earthquake,... | |
| John Owen - 1826 - 600 pages
...himself with them. Who would not fear this king of nations? He that contends with him shall find it, ' As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned upon a w;ill, iuul a serpent bit him;' Amos v. 18, 19. No flying, no biding, no contending. Worms kill... | |
| Harriet Livermore - 1831 - 344 pages
...exigency of the day of the Lord; for to them it is a day of darkness and not of light: their case must be "as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a serpent bit him." It is not so with the humble believers in literal scripture... | |
| 1835 - 522 pages
...and we all rushed for the street; but it was light, and fearing the Fellahs we returned. Thus we are, "As if a man did flee from a lion and a bear met him, or went into the house and leaned his hand upon the wall and a serpent bit him" — the Fellahs without, and tumbling walls within. The psalmist... | |
| 1836 - 462 pages
...Jehovah. What is this day of Jehovah unto you ? It is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man fled from a lion, And a bear met him : Or went into the house, and leaned his hand on a wall, And a serpent bit him. 20 Shall not the day of Jehovah be darkness, and not light ? Even thiek... | |
| 1837 - 312 pages
...denounced against them hy the prophet, Amos v. 19 : they are as a man who did flee from a {ion, and a hear met him; or went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent hit him. They are inspired hoth with false and true hopes, and groaning under oppression. These are... | |
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