 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 in: that bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges...  The Theological Works - Page 544by Isaac Barrow - 1818Full view - About this book
 | Isaac Penington - Society of Friends - 1761 - 698 pages
...veflel. They are but as the drop of a bucket, as the fmall duft of the balance ; they are before htm as nothing, and are counted to him lefs than nothing, and vanity. ' Read Ifai. xxiv. fee how God will plead with nations, and confider whether he be not dealing thus... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Titus Knight - Christianity - 1770 - 356 pages
...vouchfafes to look down upon the moft exalted natures, that inhabit the higheft heavens. HE fitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as fro/hoppers, HE fits enthroned above all his mighty works, and fees the fummit of creation in the vale... | |
 | William Worthington - Bible and geology - 1773 - 524 pages
...little thing ? Before whom all nations are as nothing, and all the inhabitants of the earth are counted lefs than nothing, and vanity. Whojitteth upon the...the inhabitants thereof are as grafs-hoppers *. Who doth whatfoever pleafeth him, in heaven, and in earth, in the feas, and in all deep places\. Nor can... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1779 - 424 pages
...becomes foolifh." His tranlcendcnt eminence above all things is moft ;lobly reprefented, when lie " fits upon the circle of " the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as gral's" hoppers i All nations before him are as the drop *' of a bucket, and as the fmall iluft of... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - Natural theology - 1782 - 478 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 grafshoppers ; that ftretch" eth out the heavens as a curtain, and " fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in :... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - Books - 1784 - 504 pages
...a bucket : they are of no more value than the fmall dull that cleaves to the balance : God fitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafs-hoppers : yea, they are ftill lefs confiderable, all nations before him are as nothing.' There is great force... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - English literature - 1784 - 516 pages
...a bucket : they are of no more value than the fmall dull that cleaves to the balance : God fitted! upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafs -hoppers : yea, they are ftill lefs ccnfiderable, all nations before him are as nothing.' There... | |
 | 1794 - 954 pages
...becomes foolith." His tranfcendent eminence above all things is molt nobly reprefented, «hen he " fits upon the circle of the earth, and •* the inhabitants thereof are as grafshoppers : •* All nations before him are as the drop of a buc«' ket, and as the (malí dull of the balance... | |
 | Robert MacCulloch - 1800 - 688 pages
...and filver, 'filver, and timber, and imagine them to have created the earth. 22 It is he that fitted* upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grafshoppers ; that flretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. The great... | |
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