Reflections on the Works of God: And on His Providence in the Regions of Nature, and in the Government of the Universe, Volume 4John Sharpe, 1824 |
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Page 7 - Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever : for wisdom and might are his...
Page 13 - Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; Thou hast put all things under his feet : All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowl of the air, and the fish of the sea, And whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas.
Page 6 - And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ.
Page 13 - What is man, that thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that thou visitest him ? 5 Thou madest him lower than the angels, to crown him with glory and worship.
Page 71 - All the paths of the Lord are mercy and truth : unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies.
Page 78 - ... so to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.
Page 55 - For He saith to the snow, Be thou on the earth ; likewise to the small rain, and to the great rain of His strength.
Page 38 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Page 13 - Thou makest him to have dominion of the works of thy hands : and thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet; All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Page 8 - I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and lo, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood, and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth, even as a fig tree casteth her untimely figs when she is shaken by a mighty wind...