 | Presbyterianism - 1813 - 580 pages
...stretched-out arm: therefore the Lord ihy God commanded thee 10 keep the sabbathday. Amosviii 5. Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that w« may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel greal, and falsifying ihe balances... | |
 | Greek literature - 1813 - 302 pages
...new moon ; which day was always held sacred by the Jews : in which the people ceased from business. ' When w,ill the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ;' Amos, chap. viii. ver. 5 : but I>e Clerc will not allow HMy >!/«»•; here to be a festival :... | |
 | Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...silence. 4 Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, 5 Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit ? 6 That we may... | |
 | Samuel Lavington - Sermons, English - 1815 - 622 pages
...hour that is taken from our business : and we shall vent our impatience like those who once said, " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ; and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" We may continue upon our knees, with our eyes lifted up to heaven, and our Jips moving ; but our... | |
 | Thomas Ridgley - Presbyterianism - 1815 - 572 pages
...j. .<.ss, which is, in effect, a saving as the) did who complained, When -will the new moon begone, that we may sell corn, and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, Amos viii. 5. This the prophet reproves, when lie says, They come unto thee as the people cometh, and they... | |
 | Robert Walker, Hugh Blair - Presbyterian Church - 1816 - 488 pages
...in your hearts with those profane persons whom the Prophet Amos describes, as saying (viii. 5.), " When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ?" If you are conscious that it is thus with you, I need scarcely inform you, that you must be classed... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1816 - 336 pages
...earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father ;for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it. will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat ? This was the language that the prophet Amos put into the mouth of profane men in his own time. It... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1816 - 810 pages
...needy, and that make the poor of the land to fail, saying, When will the new moon be gone, that \ve may sell corn ? and the Sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephuh small, and the shekel great," making the measure small, and the price great, " and... | |
 | Joseph Dennie - American essays - 1817 - 190 pages
...give " beauty for ashes," and provide a benevolent Boaz for every virtuous Ruth. ON THE SABBATH. " When will the new moon be gone that we may sell corn?...and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat?"~ Amos viii. 5. IN the dissipated cities of London and Edinburgh, the abuse of Sunday has been a common theme... | |
 | Joseph Dennie - American essays - 1817 - 196 pages
...provide a benevolent Boaz for every virtuous Ruth. ON THE SABBATH. " When will the new moon begone that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat'" Amos viii. 5 IN the dissipated cities of London and Edinburgh, the abuse of sunday has been a common theme... | |
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Hear this, O ye that swallow up the needy, even to make the poor of the land to fail, Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn ? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat... 
