 | 1804 - 508 pages
...THIS DISCOURSE IS INSCRIBED." From the very appropriate and affecting words of the prophet Jeremiah, xlvii. 6. — " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet 't Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still," occasion is taken first to... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...together.' Read likewise the following address, and tell me what emotion you feel at the time of perusal : ' O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest and be silent/ Art thou not amazed and delighted,... | |
 | 1803 - 240 pages
...ther." Read likewise the following address, and tell me what emotion you feel at the time of perusal : " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it " be ere thou be quiet ! Put up thyself into thy scab" bard, rest and be silent." Art thou not amazed and delighted,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...! where is thy victory ? The following is an instance of personification and apostrophe united : " O thou sword of the Lord ! how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put thyself up into thy scabbard, rest and be still ! How can it be quiet, seeing the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 476 pages
...wilt thou cut thyself ? that is, tear thy 6 hair, and wound thyself through grief and astonishment. O thou sword of the LORD, how long [will it be] ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself in thy scabbard, rest, and be still. Л beautiful and noble afiosiro/ihe,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 pages
...cities and countries, to persons and things, with which the prophetical writings every where abound. *' O thou sword of the Lord ! how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put thyself up into the scabbard, rest and be still. How can it be quiet," (as the... | |
 | Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) - 1810 - 412 pages
...uppn Gaza, Ashkelon is cut off with the the remnant of their valley : how long wilt thou cat thyself? O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. How can it be quiet, seeing the... | |
 | Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 pages
...off man and beast from it."* If, therefore, we * Ezek.xiv..i7. expostulate and pray with Jeremiah, " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? Put up thyself into thy scabbard ; rest and be still :" we have the same answer, "... | |
 | 1815 - 614 pages
...come upon Gaza; Ashkelon is cutoff with the remnant of their valley : how long wilt thou cut thyself? 6 O thou sword of the LORD, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 7 How can it be quiet, seeing... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 pages
...he foresaw, he seems to shrink from his own message, and thus utters the feelings of his heart : — O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard: rest, and be still. Recollecting, however, that it... | |
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O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 
