 | George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing : for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. 18 e Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD ! to « ^ »• '»• what end w it for you? d the day of the LORD is darkness, dj«.xxx.r , . ,- ,. JJ Joclii.2. and not light. zeph.i.... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1827 - 256 pages
...for this time to come ? ask our own condemnation ; as the Prophet Amos hath most awfully warned us: "Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord. To what end is it to you ? The day of the Lord is darkness, not light." • t In order to instruct us on what it is that... | |
 | John Callaway - 1827 - 110 pages
...having three rollers with rings about them, which press out the grain, but damage the reed. Amos,v. 19. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. The walls of the houses... | |
 | William Jay - 1828 - 408 pages
...They talk of the desirableness of death ; but expose themselves to the censure of the prophet, " Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to what...if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him. Shall not the day... | |
 | Esther Copley - 1828 - 464 pages
...and all their confidences treacherous, where the Lord shall arise to judgment. " It shall be to them as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into his house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him," Amos v. 19 ; " and... | |
 | Henry Dana Ward - 1828 - 428 pages
...several assaults; but he, not having in mind " the art of foresaying things to come,"* was surprised, " as if a man did flee from a lion and a bear met him," and flying under the stroke of the carpenter's square, he attempted to escape by the West,] where no... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 pages
...children of God — without rebuke ! OCTOBER 1. — "ffoe unto you that desire the day of the Lord I To what end is it for you ? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light." Amos v. 18. WB may apply this to the day of death. How often do men, when in trouble and disappointment,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Stephen Merrill - 1832 - 472 pages
...wailing. 17 And in all vineyards shall be wailing: for I will pass through thee, saith the LORD. 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what...? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. 19 As if a man did flee from a lion, and a hear met him ; or wont into the house, and leaned his hand... | |
 | 1832 - 468 pages
...arise with healing on his wings, oh what a day of wrath intervenes ! To how many, alas ! may we not say "Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! to...? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light" (Amos v. 18). " That day is a day of wrath, a day of trouble and distress, a day of wasteness and desolation,... | |
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Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it for you ? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; Or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit... 
