 | John Tillotson - 1757 - 482 pàgines
...*' O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, thou that killef t the " prophets, and ftonelt them that are fent unto " thee, how often would I have gathered thee, as " a...her chickens under her wings; " but ye would not! behold your houfe is left " unto you defolate." III. From this whole pafiage of our SAVIOUR, which... | |
 | 1779 - 374 pàgines
...O Jerufalem, Jerufalem ! thou that killeft " the prophets, and ftoneft them who are •' fent unto thee ! how often would I have " gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chick* " ens under her wings ; but thou wouldft " not ! " Thus lamenting the obftinacy of his enemies,... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine - 1798 - 630 pàgines
...fmners, faying, " Behold me, behold me." 3«Wy, He has a gathering wing : Matth. xxiii. at the clofe, " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings !" He is eTen as fond of the falvation of Cnners, as ever the hen was to gather her brood... | |
 | 1828
...standing over Jerusalem, and over the unnumbered thousands of his people, said, " Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ' behold your house is left unto you desolate." The love of God assumed... | |
 | John Logan - 1804 - 504 pàgines
...loved his country, and uttered that celebrated exclamation of patriotifin, " O Jerufalem, Jerufalem, " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen " gathereth her brood under her wings !" As we now meet to pray for the peace or welfare of our Jerufalem, (for in... | |
 | 1858 - 860 pàgines
...the acclamations of the multitude he wept over the lost city, and said, " О Jerusalem, Jerusalem! how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wing." We tell our heavenly Father how we long that at the end of our course some of that divine... | |
 | Joseph Field - 1811 - 358 pàgines
...be ? O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that kill. est the prophets, and stonesj: them that are sent unto thee ; how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not. As I live, saith the Lord, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked,... | |
 | Thomas Adam - 1814 - 322 pàgines
...nature as fire, is a lively emblem of God's universal operative presence : and our Saviour's saying, " how often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings," is an affecting illustration of the divine STORCKE, and his own yearning compassion, in... | |
 | George Fox - 1821 - 420 pàgines
...Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee ; how oft would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not ] behold, your houses are left desolate unto you." Was not Jerusalem the highest place of profession,... | |
 | John Bunyan - 1814 - 568 pàgines
...Christ, who when he beheld the city of Jeruaalepi. wefcrt over it, saying, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her, » Matt. xxiii. 37. i^vj .-« The Flower-garden. CHR. "Then, Sir," said Christiana, "pray, let... | |
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... how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 
