 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.  The World at home - Pàgina 2091858Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Thomas Stackhouse - 1760 - 370 pàgines
...Animals, that van: Variety of 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... | |
 | 1792 - 710 pàgines
...too uniform to be explained confidently on any othrr fuppofition. It was faid of old, that "the flork in the heavens knoweth her appointed time, and the turtle, and the crane, and the (wallow, obferve the time of their coming." But this may be thought an obfolete authority from a book... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1794 - 500 pàgines
...the Creator ! In wifdom has he made them all. The earth is full of his riches. Through him, the ftork in the heavens knowe'th her appointed time; and the turtle, and the crane, and the fwallow, obferve the time of their coming. Jer. viii. 7. May our attendance on every mean of grace,... | |
 | Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 pàgines
...the instructed man. " Yea," says the prophet, " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." * Alas ! it is not alone to ancient Israel that... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1800 - 308 pàgines
...know exactly the time when they ought to return. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appoint" ed time ; and: the turtle,- and the crane,. and the " swallow, observe the time of their .coming." — Undoubtedly the temperature of the air,. in respect to heat and cold, and the natural inclination... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pàgines
...wickedness, saying, •what have I done ? Yea, the stork in the heavens 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." " When the judgments of the Lord are in the earth,... | |
 | Thomas Smith - 1803 - 420 pàgines
...powerful instinct impressed by the Creator, whereby " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming*." AB the migration of birds constitutes a very curious article of natural history, our readers probably... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pàgines
...even more stupid than the brute creation " For ihe 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 judgments of the Lord," nor regard the merciful visitations of my power!... | |
 | Alexander Hunter - 1803 - 590 pàgines
...rational. In the sacred history we are told, that the Slork in the heavens knmceth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their comings and we are reminded that the leafing of the fig-tree usually determines the approach of summer.... | |
 | 1810 - 544 pàgines
...(ht/Oreator and the littleness of man. Yea, the stork iu the Heavens knoweih her appointed times>; and (he turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. Tell me, ye sages,, who pretend to penetrate mto the... | |
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