| Nathaniel Lardner - 1827 - 638 pàgines
...nature are beautifully and forcibly described in the prophet Isaiah. " Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand ? and meted out heaven with...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ?" Is. xl. 12. 2. But though wisdom comprehends in it the rules of beauty and perfection,... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pàgines
...Lord of hosts, wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working. — ha. xxviii. 29. The Lord God, &c. who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance. Who hath directed the Spirit of the Lord, or, being his counsellor, hath taught... | |
| 1828 - 602 pàgines
...subject for malignant exultation? To Him " who hath measured the waters in die hollow of his hand, nnd meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the...in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales", — surely, the wreck of a world must be infinitely more insignificant than the foundering of a sea-worn... | |
| Jabez Burns - 1829 - 378 pàgines
...calleth them all by names, by the greatness of his might, for he is strong in power; not one faileth. — Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance ? — Behold, the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small... | |
| Esther Copley - 1829 - 514 pàgines
...most sublimely described, Isa. xl. 12. where it is said that the great Creator " measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." The worlds were made by the power of God ; he spake, and it was done ; he commanded,... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1829 - 424 pàgines
...by wisdom hath founded the earth ; by understanding hath he established the heavens. Prov. iii. 19. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the eartli in'a measure, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12.... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - 1829 - 420 pàgines
...he established the heavens. Prov. iii. 19. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his handand meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the...the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 596 pàgines
...world to God. For between that which is finite, and that which is infinite, there is no comparison. " Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...measure ; and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Behold the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1830 - 576 pàgines
...world to God. For between that which is finite, and that which is infinite, there is no comparison. " Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...measure ; and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Behold the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust... | |
| Isaac Barrow - 1830 - 586 pàgines
...parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. isa.xi. 12. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure? i»n. xiviii. Mine hand hath laid the foundation of the earth, 13 and my hand hath spanned... | |
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