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" It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges... "
The American Class-reader: Containing a Series of Lessons in Reading; with ... - Page 263
by George Willson - 1840 - 288 pages
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Institutes of Natural and Revealed Religion, Volume 1

Joseph Priestley - Natural theology - 1782 - 478 pages
...inhabitants " thereof are as grafshoppers ; that ftretch" eth out the heavens as a curtain, and " fpreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : " That bringeth the...nothing ; he " maketh the judges of the earth as vanity. " Lift up your eyes on high, and behold " who hath created thefe things, that bring" eth out their...
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Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter)

Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 pages
...Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth^ and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. words, the lofty words of the text, require two JL sorts of observations : the first are necessary...
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Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James ..., Volume 1

Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Reformed Church - 1803 - 422 pages
...Behold, the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers.. The prophet's design in describing the Deity with so much magnificence is to discountenance idolatry,...
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The Orthodox churchman's magazine; or, A Treasury of divine and ..., Volume 3

1803 - 466 pages
...In Scripture it is styled the heavens. — " Who stretcheth out " the heavens like a curtain!* — That stretcheth out the heavens " as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in f." How far this expansion of the heavens extends, is another ques-» tion. That portion of it diffused...
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Sacred hours; or, Extracts for private devotion & meditation, Volume 1

Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pages
...than nothing, and vanity. To whom then will ye liken God ? or what likeness will ye compare uuto him? It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers -T that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, that spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : that,...
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Letters, Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation ..., Volume 2

Elizabeth Hamilton - Christian life - 1806 - 292 pages
...Amos, " Have ye not known ? " Have ye not heard? Hath it nat " been told you from the beginning ? " Have ye not understood from the " foundations of the...spreadeth them out " as a tent to dwell in : that bring" eth the princes to nothing : he " maketh the judges of the earth as ." vanity. He shall blow...
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Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the ...

1807 - 570 pages
...the earth ? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof arc as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens...curtain,, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in : 23 That bringeth the princes to nothing ; he maketh the judges of the eartli as vanity. 24 Yea, they...
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An Essay on the Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament

John Dick - Bible - 1811 - 302 pages
...the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out tl'ie heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in ; that bringeth the princes to noug.ht; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity."f In all these instances the language is \ b....
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The Christian Institutes;: Or, The Sincere Word of God. Being a Plain and ...

Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1812 - 378 pages
...all the gods of the nations are idols 5 but the Lord made the heavens. (m) God is greater than man. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers. («) Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance...
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Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ...

Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...Behold the nations are as the drop of a bucket. Behold he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,...and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers." The prophet's design in describing the Deity •with so much magnificence is to discountenance idolatry,...
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