 | Theology - 1819 - 788 pages
...comfort, that, the Almighty is " the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity :" though " He rideth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ;" though before Him " the nations are as a drop in the bucket, and the small dust of... | |
 | Levy Alexander, David Levi - 1821 - 362 pages
...told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? it is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 398 pages
...founded the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Prov. iii. 19. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heaven as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 272 pages
...becomes foolish.' His transcendent eminence above all things is most nobly represented, when he ' sits upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers : all nations before him are as the drop of a bucket, and as the small dust of the balance:... | |
 | Christianity - 1823 - 430 pages
...reptile! that, like an insect in the ground, would seek to magnify the greatness of that being who " sitteth upon the circle of the "earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers."* : In connexion with the error which we have been noticing there exists another, equally... | |
 | Sarah Brealey - Jews - 1823 - 408 pages
...proceed as we ought in the strait path through evil and good report, forgetting too often, " It is he who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grashoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | Joseph Benson - Methodist Church - 1824 - 216 pages
...weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." (Isaiah xl. 12—15.) " It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to in."... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 570 pages
...nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity.—He sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; he stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
 | James Hervey - Dialogues, English - 1825 - 424 pages
...and solemn dulness, in order to maintain a more uninterrupted communion with that mighty Being who ' sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers before him.'f Welcome toTheron was the shady bower; welcome the denotes his continuance... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pages
...you from the beginning ? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth ? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell... | |
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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... 
