| Thomas Halyburton - 1751 - 552 pages
...and lofty one that inhabits eternity, he who is a great Cod, and a great king, above all the earth: behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fmall duft rf the balance; Behold, he taketh up the ifles as a very little thing; and Lebanm is notfufjicientto... | |
| John Hildrop - Ethics - 1754 - 318 pages
...all the Ho/I of Heaven worJhip, before whom all the Princes and Nations of the Earth are but as the Drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the fmall Duft of the Balance : He, who might, if he had pleafed, have made his Appearance in the World with all that Pomp and Magnificence... | |
| Jeremiah Seed - 1757 - 480 pages
...(in the Language of the Prophet Ifaiah) as a Drop of a Bucket ', and are counted as the f mall Du/i of the Balance : Behold he taketh up the Ifles, as a very little Thing : That is, the Ides and indeed the whole Univerfe are in his Hands, what a light infignificant Weight... | |
| Cruelty - 1758 - 508 pages
...moun" tains in fcales, and the^hills in a balance? " Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, <c and are counted as the fmall duft of the " balance: behold, he taketh up the ifles as ct a very little thing. All nations before him " are as nothing, and they are counted to «' him lefs... | |
| François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Oratory - 1760 - 382 pages
...hath ' directed the Spirit of the • Lord; or being his counfel' ler hath taught him? — be' hold the nations are as a • drop of a bucket; and are • counted as the fir.all dud of • the balance : behold he tak• eth up the ides as a very • little thing, and Lebanon... | |
| Cheyney Hart - 1761 - 274 pages
...Lord, or being his Counfellor hath taught Him r 26. Behold, the Nations are as a Drop of a Fucker, and are counted as the fmall Duft of the Balance : behold, He taketh up the Jfles as a very little thing. 27. And Lebanon is not fufficient to burn, nor the Beafls thereof fufficient... | |
| Assembly of divines confess. and catech - 1765 - 626 pages
...the path of judgment, and taught him knowledge, and fhewed to him the way of underftanding ? v. 15. Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and...Behold, he taketh up the ifles as a very little thing, v. 16. And Lebanon is not fufficicnt to burn, nor the bcails thereof lufficient for a burnt offering,... | |
| Titus Knight - Sermons - 1766 - 480 pages
...country or kingdom, but the habitable world, the whole compafs and extent of the terraqueous globe, " are as a drop of a bucket ; and are " counted as the duft of the balance ;" the duft which is difpetfed by the fmalleft breeze, and fcattered by the leaft... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - English language - 1767 - 540 pages
...in the path of judgment, and taught him * knowledge, and mewed to him the way of un* derftanding ? Behold, the nations are as a * drop of a bucket ;...counted as the fmall * duft of the balance : behold, he takes up the * isles as a very little thing * ; and I^banon is «• not fufficient for him to burn,... | |
| Church of Scotland - Prebyterianism - 1768 - 576 pages
...tlie path of judgment, and 'aught him knowledge, and ihewed to him the way of uoderflanding ? v. ijr Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the fuiali duft-of the balance : Behold, he takech up the ifl .-s as a very little thino, y, i$, And Lebanon... | |
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