| Joseph Gilbert - 1836 - 492 pages
...JEREMIAH VIII. 7. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." A contemplative mind, while surveying the Fundamental works of the Almighty, cannot but be impressed... | |
| William Hamilton Drummond - 1838 - 246 pages
...Jeremiah, (vii.7.) " the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." To Job we are indebted for some of the most splendid descriptions in natural history. By these he illustrates... | |
| Caesar Otway - 1839 - 414 pages
...imposed; they still give God the obedience of unbroken fealty and instinct. Man alone is the law-breaker, and sin has degraded reason, while instinct is upright;...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." A DANGEROUS TRADE. 83 Here the country-people carry on a more fearful trade than even gathering samphire,... | |
| Charles Buchanan Pearson - 1839 - 334 pages
..." Yea," says he, " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time: and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." Again, as if observing the naked and fading look of the vineyards and fields after the fruits had been... | |
| 1839 - 1060 pages
...never to cease, or have an end ? " They hold fast deceit," and, knowing it to turtle and the crane ved j. j udgment of the LORD. 8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us ? Lo, certainly... | |
| John Donne, Henry Alford - 1839 - 658 pages
...upon earth. Even " the stork in the air knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming, but my people knoweth not the judgments of the Lord. /For if you do know your time, you know that now is your fulness... | |
| Albert Barnes - 1840 - 540 pages
..." Yea the Stork in the heaven, knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle [dove], and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." This idea has been beautifully expressed by Watts: The brutes obey their God, And bow their necks to... | |
| 1840 - 660 pages
...Jeremy saith : The stork in the air knoweth her Jer. 8. [7.] appointed times ; the turtle, the crane* , and the swallow observe the time of their coming : but my people knoweth not the judgment of the Lord. St. Paul willeth us to redeem Ephes. [5. 16.] the time, because... | |
| Lancelot Andrewes (bp. of Winchester.) - 1841 - 528 pages
...battle. Yea, the stork in the Heavens knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming ; but My people know not the judgment of the Lord. Engi. Trans.] TUB Apostle's counsel is, qui stat videat ne cadat, " he that iCor.io.ir. standeth let... | |
| Thomas Shaw B. Reade - 1841 - 598 pages
...consider."ยง " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming:...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord."|| thoughts of my heart by the inspiration of thy Holy Spirit, that I may perfectly love thee, and worthily... | |
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