 | Isaiah (the prophet) - 1791 - 332 pages
...when one gleaneth ears in the valley of Rephaim. 6 A gleaning fhall be left in it, as in the fhaking of the olive tree ; Two or three berries on .the top of the upper.. •; moft bough; Four or' five on the ftraggling fruitful branches: Saith JEHOVAH the God of... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1811 - 302 pages
...They were in the state in which the Prophet describes the remnant in his day; "as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries on the top of the uppermost bough.'7 Isaiah xvii. 6. And not only was the spirit of religion nearly extinguished, but men began... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 424 pages
...They were in the state in which the Prophet describes the remnant in his day ; " as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries on the top of the uppermost bough." Isaiah xvii, 6. And not only was the spirit of religion nearly extinguished, but men began to be ASHAMED... | |
 | Claudius Buchanan - 1812 - 350 pages
...were in the state in which the prophet describes the remnant in his day ; " as the shaking of " an olive tree, two or three berries on the " top of the uppermost bough." (Isaiah xvii. 6.) And not only was the spirit of religion nearly extinguished, but men began to be... | |
 | Robert Lowth - 1815 - 436 pages
...in the valley of Rephaim. 6 A gleaning shall be left in it, as in the shaking of the olive is-ee ; Two or three berries on the top of the uppermost bough ; Four or five on the straggling fruitful branches ; Saith JEHOVAH the God of Israel. 7 In that day shall a man regard his... | |
 | 1825 - 896 pages
...ears in the valley of Rephaim. 6 A gleaning shall be left in it, as in the shaking of the olive-tree ; Two or three berries on the top of the uppermost bough ; Four or five on the straggling fruitful branches : Saith JEHOVAH the God of Israel. 7 In that day shall a man regard his... | |
 | 1829 - 704 pages
...meeting houses would have been shut up, but for the pious benevolence of persons of a different creed in the former generation. By their endowments many of...hundred people ; whereas, before the introduction of Arianism, they could in more than two hundred places count five hundred hearers, and in several more... | |
 | Joel Hawes - 1830 - 264 pages
...to preach to what deserves not the name of a congregation, but is better described by the prophets account of what remains after the shaking of the olive...hundred people ; whereas before the introduction of Arianism they could in more than two hundred places count five hundred hearers, and in several, more... | |
 | Joel Hawes - 1830 - 250 pages
...to preach to what deserves not the name of a congregation, but is better described by the prophets account of what remains after the shaking of the olive tree : two or three berries on the top of the uppeimost bough, four or five on the outmost fruitful branches thereof. So great is the change which... | |
 | Francis Geach Crossman - 1830 - 366 pages
...the wilderness! The appearance is like "the shaking of an olive tree, when the vintage is done—two or three berries on the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof." What is your thought in this matter ? that the hand of Jesus... | |
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So great is the change which these sentiments have produced, that perhaps there are not now in England twelve of their congregations which can boast an attendance of five hundred people ; whereas, before the introduction of Arianism, they could in more... 
