 | Benjamin Martin - 1735 - 412 pàgines
...15. The Migration of Birds is an Inftance of great Amazement : The Stork in the Heaven knoweth H'7^, her appointed 'Times, and the Turtle, and the Crane,...and the Swallow, obferve the Time of their Coming, faith God himfelf, Jer. viii. j. What ftrange Inftin<ft fhould induce them to change their Place ?... | |
 | John Milton - 1745 - 484 pàgines
...Prophet, for her obferving tne fit Time of coming and going from one Country to another, Jer. 8. 7. " Yea, the Stork in the Heaven knoweth her appointed Times,...and the Swallow obferve the Time of their coming.'' It is a Bird with a very long Bill, Neck and Legs ; fometimes weighing 10 Pounds ; and is a. Water... | |
 | William Derham - 1754 - 506 pàgines
...mention'd Jer. viii. 7. Tea, the Storkin the Heaven knoweth her appointed Times, and the ^Turtle, and and the Crane, and the Swallow obferve the Time of their Coming; but my People, &c. In which Aft of Migration, there are two Things to me exceedingly notable. One is what the Text... | |
 | 1755 - 478 pàgines
...Effect of a wonderful Inftin& in fome Families of the feathered Tribe. The Stork in the Heaven iwivcth her appointed Times, and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow obferve the Times of their Coming. Jer. viii. 7. But can •we think, or fay, they go, and come, at proper and... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1760 - 370 pàgines
...their Kinds, and the wonderful Inftinc~t o£ their Natures ; how the Stork knoweth her appointed Time, and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow obferve the Time of their Coming ; and, hy thefe Things, that are made and vifible, the irevifible Things of God, ie his eternal Power,... | |
 | James Hervey - 1767 - 464 pàgines
...extraordinary, they always find the readieft Way, and the fhortefl Cut. Afy. The Stark in the Heavens knoweth her appointed Times : and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swdinv, obferve the Time of their Coming .- but my Pcoflc Inovj not the Judgment of their GOD f. The... | |
 | John Leland - 1769 - 554 pàgines
...on high ; from whence Jhefeeketh her Prey, and her Eyes behold it afar off. Job xxxix. 26, 27, 29. The Stork in the Heaven kno~weth her appointed Times; and the Turtle, the Crane, and the Swallow, and other Birds of Paflage, obferve the Time of their coming. Jer. vizi.... | |
 | George Edwards - 1770 - 286 pàgines
...what is obferved by the prophet, as a remarkable inftance of inftinft, " That the Stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the Turtle, and the...and the Swallow, obferve the time of their coming." " This, fays Mr. Chambers, is a curious article in natural hiftory, and furnifhes a notable inftance... | |
 | William Derham - 1786 - 490 pàgines
...reafon God himfelf inftanceth it, fliall be their migration, mentioned Jer. viii. 7. ' Yea, the ' ftork in the heaven knoweth her appointed ' times, and the turtle, and the erane, and the c fwallow obferve the time of their coming ; but ' my people,' &c. IN which aft of migration,... | |
 | Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 568 pàgines
...gives ftrength to the expoflulation : thus Ifaiah mentions not only 1 Jer. yiii. 7. « Yea, die florkin the heaven knoweth " her appointed times, and the turtle^ and the crane, and f' the/uW/flW, obferve the time of their coming; but my " people knew not the judgment of the Lord."... | |
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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 
