| Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 528 pages
...existences occupy is but a point in the vast infinitude which he fills. What is the wide creation to him " who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ?" It was this idea of the immensity of God, and of his being present unmixed and... | |
| George Townsend - 1826 - 1056 pages
...them in his bosom, II or, titutgin- and shall gently lead those || that are with young. ""*• 12 ^| Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...comprehended the dust of the earth in * a measure, and weigned the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ? 13 " Who hath directed the Spirit of... | |
| James Kennedy Bailie - 1827 - 586 pages
...works of his omnipotence, it is true, have been constituted with wisdom. " He hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance" : " He hath given to the sea his decree that the waters should not pass his commandment"... | |
| Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pages
...nature are beautifully and forcibly described in the prophet Isaiah. " Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand ? and meted out heaven with...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ?" Is. xl. 12. 2. But though wisdom comprehends in it the rules of beauty and perfection,... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1827 - 484 pages
...prophet Isaiah : " Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand ; and meted out heaven with a span ; and comprehended the dust of the earth in a...hills in a balance ?" " Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold he taketh up the isles... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...Lord of hosts, wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. — ha. xxviii. 29. The Lord God, &c. who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or, being his counsellor, hath taught... | |
| 1828 - 602 pages
...subject for malignant exultation? To Him " who hath measured the waters in die hollow of his hand, nnd meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the...in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales", — surely, the wreck of a world must be infinitely more insignificant than the foundering of a sea-worn... | |
| Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pages
...calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for he is strong in power; not one faileth. — Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...hills in a balance ? — Behold, the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles... | |
| Esther Copley - 1829 - 514 pages
...most sublimely described, Isa. xl. 12. where it is said that the great Creator " measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." The worlds were made by the power of God ; he spake, and it was done ; he commanded,... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1829 - 424 pages
...by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Prov. iii. 19. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the eartli in'a measure, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12.... | |
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