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... Sermons on Various Subjects - Page 11by Christmas Evans - 1837 - 408 pagesFull view - About this book
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...works. The prophet invites us to this meditation in the words of my text. " It is he that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. It is he who bringeth out their... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 462 pages
...All before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him less than nothing, and vanity. He bringefh princes to nothing, he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity," Job xxvi. 7, 8, 11, 12, and Isa. xl. 12,22, 15, 17,23. Think of thy soul, thou wilt find nothing there... | |
| Elizabeth Hamilton - Christian life - 1814 - 584 pages
...upon the circle of the " earth, and the inhabitants thereof '' are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth " out the heavens as a curtain, and " spreadeth them...a tent to dwell " in: that bringeth the princes to no" thing : he maketh the judges of the " earth as vanity. He shall blow upon *' them and they shall... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1862 - 606 pages
...sitteth on 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. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of His hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended... | |
| George John Freeman - 464 pages
...sitteth on 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 in !" The Author of the Book of Job possessed a genius of the highest (Jrder. That story throughout is... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 614 pages
...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 : 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. 24 Yea, they... | |
| Robert Morehead - 1816 - 492 pages
...inhabitants thereof " are as grasshoppers ; that streicheth " out the heavens as a curtain, and spread" eth them out as a tent to dwell in : that " bringeth the princes to nothing : hq " makejth the judges of the earth as vani" ty : he shall blow upon them, and they ^ shajl wither,... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1817 - 294 pages
...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. Isa. xl. 224 Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out ; he that... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - Astronomy - 1817 - 292 pages
...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. Isa. xl. 22. Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out ; he that... | |
| Richard Baxter - Conversion - 1817 - 510 pages
...Almighty, who ' cuts off the spirit of princes, and is terrible to the kings of the earth ;' ' who brings the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.' Those who wear the crown, and the coronet, and the mitre, and those who occupy the judgment-seat, who... | |
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