 | 1876 - 1204 pàgines
...glory to the tongue or lips, if the discourse is good. It is time for a prophet to speak. He says, Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should eha)ce itself against them that lift it up, or at if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were... | |
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - 1822 - 498 pàgines
...against God. He saith, by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am prudent. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? All things, whether they will it or not, must work together for good to them that love God. The wrath... | |
 | Daniel Waterland - 1823 - 570 pàgines
...ty) of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the " glory of his high looks'1." " Shall the ax boast itself " against him that heweth therewith ?...the saw " magnify itself against him that shaketh it ' ?" The Prophet here compares the proud Assyrian to an ax, or a saw, in the hand of a workman : and... | |
 | 1824 - 594 pàgines
...king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. Shall the axe boast itself against him thatheweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against...shaketh it? As if the rod should shake itself against him that lifteth it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. Here God represents... | |
 | Going - 1825 - 662 pàgines
...acknowledgment, that it becomes not the thing formed to say unto him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up ; or, as if the rod should lift up itself as if it were no wood : these expressions are... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 698 pàgines
...I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. Therefore shall the Lord,... | |
 | Hugh McNeile - 1825 - 472 pàgines
...repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus?"* " Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakethit?"t I pretend not, my dear friends, to present these various statements in any such consistent... | |
 | William Carpenter - 1825 - 572 pàgines
...gloryas if thou hiubt not received it? 1 Cor iv. 7. Shall the axe boast itself againsi him that hewclh therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against...him that shaketh it '. as if the rod should shake ¡fs?(/";igainst them thatlift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as fit were no wood,... | |
 | Thomas Williams (Calvinist preacher) - 1825 - 1068 pàgines
...the mouth, or peeped. 15 Shall the axe boast itaelf against him that heweth therewith ? or shall «he woe unto me ! the treacherous dealers have dealt treacherously: lift it up ; or M if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. 16 Therefore shall the... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825 - 496 pàgines
...hammer ! Arminianism does that, which God, by the prophet, satirises in the following lively terms : Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall a saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? As if the rod should shake itself against them that... | |
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Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood. 
