 | Henry Wilkinson - 1660 - 678 pages
...ignominy be caft upon the Church of God ? fee what the Prophet Ifaiah faith, It is he that fit tcth upon the circle of the earth,. and the inhabitants thereof are as grajhoppers ; that ftretchttb out th: heaven as a curtain, and fpreadeth them »Ht Ma tent to dwell... | |
 | rev. Thomas Bishop - 1711 - 308 pages
...admonifh us, that all our praifes are ultimately due to that fovereign Ruler of the world, who fitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as gramoppers; who ftretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Oratory - 1722 - 364 pages
...i SI. than nothing and -vanity. To whom will you liken Cod ? 2.2. the earth f It is he that Jitteth upon the circle of the earth ; and the inhabitants thereof are as grafl}o::pers : thatftretcheth out the heavens like a curtain ; and ffreadeth them out z i . or what... | |
 | Edward Harley - 1735 - 764 pages
...the Beginning i have ye not undeiriood from the Foundations of the Eaith? 22 It is he that fitteth upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Graflioppeis; that ftietcheth out the Heavens as a Curtain, and fi'readerh them out as a Tent to dwell... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Religious poetry - 1743 - 356 pages
...lecomes foolijh. His tranfcendent Eminence above all things is moft nobly reprefented, •when hzfits upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Grajhoppers: All Nations before him are as the Drop of a Bucket, and as the fmall Duft of the Balance... | |
 | Samuel Clarke - 1743 - 500 pages
...lefs difficulty, than any infinite creature can fo much as behold or view any part of it. He Jitteth upon the circle of the Earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafioppers ; he Jiretcheth out the Heavens as a Curtain; andfpreadeth them out as a Tent to dwell... | |
 | Isaac Watts - English poetry - 1753 - 360 pages
...becomes foolijh. His tranfcendent Eminence above all things is mofl nobly reprefented, when he Jits upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Grajhoppers : All Nations before him are as the Drop of a Bucket, and as thefmall Dufl of the Balance:... | |
 | James Hervey - Justification - 1755 - 478 pages
...folemn Dulnefs; in order to maintain a more uninterrupted Communion with that MIGHTY BEING, vihofttetb upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Grafappers before Him *. Welcome denied. But I very much doubt, whether it gives Us the true Meaning... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Oratory - 1760 - 382 pages
...the beginning? ' have ye not underftood from ' the foundations of the earth? ' it is he that fitteth upon the ' circle of the earth; and the ' inhabitants thereof are as ' grafhoppers: that ftretcheth ' out the heavens like a cur' tain; and fpreadeth them out ' as a tent... | |
 | James Hervey - Justification - 1767 - 464 pages
...Impertinence; in order to maintain a more uninterrupted Communion with that Mighty BEING, who fttteth upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Grajhoppers before HIM*. Welcome to Theron, was the fliady Bower; welcome the cool Afpe<S, and the... | |
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bounty, and celebrate the glory of their Creator. When this idea is taken into consideration, it gives a striking emphasis to such sublime declarations of the Sacred Volume as these—•" All nations before him are as nothing—He sitteth upon the circle... 
