 | James Hervey - 1779 - 362 pages
...his Works; we moft necefTarily form very {canty Conceptions of that SUPREME BEING, before whom all Nations are as a " Drop of a Bucket, " and are counted as the fmall Duft of the Balance." JESUS, as the.great Projector and Architect; who planned, and executed,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1782 - 478 pages
...of a bucket, and' are counted a: " the fmall duft of the balance: behold, hi " taketh up the ifles as a very little thing " All nations before him are as nothing " and they are counted to him lefs thai " nothing, and vanity. To whom then wil " ye liken God ? or what likenefs will y ' compare... | |
 | James Hervey - 1789 - 500 pages
...his Works; we muft neccffarily form very fcanty Conceptions of that SUPREME BEING, before whom all Nations are as a " Drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the fmall Duft " of the Balance." * The Apoltles, I obferve, delight to ufe this Method, of difplaying... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 668 pages
...a balance. He toucheth the mountains, and they " fmoke; he looks upon the earth, and it trembleth. Behold, the nations " are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall rluft of the " earth. Behold, he takes up the ifles as a very little thing. All na" tions are... | |
 | Richard Watson - 1791 - 558 pages
...a balance. HeMoucheth the mountain?, and they " fmoke ; he looks upon the earth, and it trembleth. Behold, the nations " are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft of the " earth. Behold, he rakes up the ifles as a very little thing. All na" tions are... | |
 | Ralph Erskine - 1793 - 384 pages
...ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his ion's name, if thou canft tell } m Ifa. xl. 17. 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 hkcnefs will ye compare unto... | |
 | 1793 - 310 pages
...of this Jehovah of the illiterate Jews ! before whom, to ufe this poet's own word*, all ether Gods are " as a drop of a bucket, and are counted " as the fmall duft of the balance." Had I been acquainted with this wonderful volume, while I was writing my... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1794 - 356 pages
...counfcl, and who inftru£led him, and taught " him knowledge, and {hewed him the way of un" derftanding ? Behold, the nations are as a drop " of a bucket, and are counted as the final 1 duft " of the balance : behold, he taketh up the ifles as " a very little thing. All nations... | |
 | 1794 - 362 pages
...counfel, and who inftrudted him, and taught " him knowledge, and fhewed him the way of un" derftanding ? Behold, the nations are as a drop " of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft " of the balance: behold, he taketh up the ifles as " a very little thing. All nations before... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1796 - 404 pages
...drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall dujl of the balance. Behold, he taketh up the ijles as a very little thing. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him as lefs than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God, or what likenefs will ye compare... | |
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and taught him knowledge, and shewed to him the way of understanding ? Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. All nations before him are as... 
