 | 1685 - 636 pages
...himfelf to him, he fays, Surely the Lord is Gen. is. i«. in this place* and I knew it not. How dreadful is this place? this is none other but the houfe of God ; this is the Gate of Heaven : So that there mutt be fome particular manner of the Prefence of God... | |
 | Henry Wharton - 1728 - 546 pages
...dedicated to his Service. And he faid, Surely the Lord is in this p lace, and I knew it not. How dreadful is this place ? This .is none other but the Houfe of God, and this is the gate of Heaven. Which Reflection of Jacob proveth it to have been the Cuftom of the Patriarchs to dedicate... | |
 | Francis Atterbury (bp. of Rochester.) - 1734 - 394 pages
...the^mTJ • • t . -7-17 1 TI • XXviii. 17. Liora is in this Place, and 1 knew it not. How dreadful is this Place ! This is none other but the Houfe of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven. Further, the Availablenefs of Harmony to promote a pious Difpofition of Mind will appear,... | |
 | William Berriman - 1763 - 486 pages
...be confidered and ap.,; proached with awe and reverence. How dreadful is this place ! this is \m.\ none other but the houfe of God, and \ . this is the gate of heaven. n .-..»• v.-4. FIRST, It may be collected from thefe words, that there are certain places... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1773 - 630 pages
...and honourable thoughts of God ; but deluCon never ceafes to puff up, Gen. xxviii.. i7. How dreadful is this place ! this is none other but the houfe of God, and this is the gate of heaven. Exod. xxxiv._8. Mefes made hafte, and bowed his head toward the earth, and war/dipped. 2... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - Sermons, English - 1774 - 242 pages
...to fay to oorfelves : " Surely the Lord is in " this place, and I knew it not. Hdw dreadfn^ •• is this place ! This is none other but the houfe " of God, and this is the gate of hetfven," Gen. xxviii. iy. Further ; the a'vailablenefs- of harmony to promote a pious difpofition... | |
 | Benjamin Clement - 1774 - 294 pages
...Words fhould fail. The reft is Jacob's Reflection upon the heavenly Vifion^ Surely the Lord is in this Place! This is none other but the Houfe of God, and this is the Gate of Heaven. • • .\ \ : • The Solemnity of this Day will fuggeft to us fuitable Meditations on... | |
 | Sermons - 1776 - 392 pages
...ravifhed with love ? It was fo ravifhed ; but how ? " And Ja• " cob was afraid, and faid, How dreadful is " this place ! this is none other but the houfe " of God, and this is the gate of heaven :" as if his heart vibrated between reverence and delight. Thefe emotions were indeed intimately... | |
 | Sermons - 1789 - 416 pages
...difpofe them to fay, " The Lord is not far from " every one of us, — furely the Lord is in this " place. This is none other but the houfe of ** God, and this is the gate of heaven." VOL. IV. C SERSERMON IV. The fame Subjeft continued. ' • V GEN. xxviii. 16. 17. And Jacob... | |
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but the houfe of God, and this is the gate of heaven !" What a fenfe of God's prefence had Hagar, Gen. 
