| Books - 1805 - 984 pages
...other passages oi'scripture; 111 the words of the great njeibeupcr of God to his ai.cier.t people,—' my doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the üey, as the small rain „pon the tender herb, ?he nr Г T7 S "P° n the grass ;' and in iríiftó... | |
| Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...calm shower of spring ; and in the present to the calm dew of the morning ; from the same text : " My doctrine shall drop as the rain : my speech shall distil as the deia : os the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Dcut. xxxii. 2.... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 524 pages
...probable it was not by long jouinies, but as the women and children could bear. DEUT. xxxii. 2...." My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small r in upon the tender herb, and as (he showers upon the grass." God here speaks to the people quite... | |
| John Owen - Bible - 1813 - 620 pages
...allegory. The word or doctrine of the Scripture is compared to showers and rain, Deut. xxxii. 2. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, as the showers upon the grass." Hence the same word mio signifies a teacher, and rain, so that translators... | |
| John Murray - Sermons, American - 1812 - 426 pages
...chapter 32. " Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew ; as the small rain upon the tetider herb, and as the showers upon the grass." I bless God that his doctrine takes not the character... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1847 - 510 pages
...there. That the truths of doctrine are signified by rain, is plainly seen in Deut. xxxii. 2 : — " My doctrine shall drop as the rain ; my speech shall...the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb." The spiritual man, or the inhabitant of Canaan, acknowledges the Lord as the fountain of truth, but... | |
| Early printed books - 1815 - 872 pages
...Israel. CHAP. XXXII. MOSES SONG. HEAR, O heavens, while I speak; and hearken, O earth, to my words. 2. My doctrine shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distil as the dew; as gentle showers on the tender herb, and as plentiful dews on the grass. 3. For I will proclaim the Eternal's... | |
| 1817 - 1082 pages
...and die. GIVE ° ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak ; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 l with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the garment c as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 340 pages
...shinings after rain, are to the fields, that the! word and ordinances of God are to the souls of men. "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil' as the dew, as the small rain upon therfender herb, and as the showers upon. the grass," Deut. xxxii. . 2. " For as the rain cometh down,... | |
| Rammohun Roy - 1823 - 412 pages
...IMoses exclaims" Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak, and hear, t) earth, the words of my mouth ; my doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew" &c. 6th. " Did Jesus mean that they had his writings with them?" I reply, he meant of course that they... | |
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