 Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot...  Lectures and Sermons - Page 126by Henry Cogswell Knight - 1831Full view - About this book
 | Georg Lorenz Bauer - Bible - 1838 - 186 pages
...receives this reproof from Jehovah: — " Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in...hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle?" — Chap. iv. 10, 11. Here is the thought that God is the Creator of the many inhabitants of Nineveh,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Bible stories, English - 1838 - 264 pages
...because he felt the want of it himself ; he would have had it spared, because it was of use to him. which came up in a night, and perished in a night...spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also... | |
 | William Youatt - Animal rights - 1839 - 238 pages
...death." Then said the Lord, " Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not labom'ed, neither madest it grow — which came up in a night...cannot discern between their right hand and their left, and also much cattle?" If considerations of such a kind could have power in averting the destruction... | |
 | Abraham Smith - 1839 - 144 pages
...them ; partly on account of his merciful regards to the dumb creation ? Answer.—Yes. Jonah iv. 11, "Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein...right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle." Question.—Is it not our duty, when depriving any animal of life for our sustenance, to do it with... | |
 | George Rogers - Apologetics - 1839 - 396 pages
...reason for the display of his mercy. " Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow, which came up in...spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand souls that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also... | |
 | 1841
...gentle, yet all-prevailing admonition, " Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thoti hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in...spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left ; and also... | |
 | Matthew Blagden Hale (Bishop of Perth, Australia.) - 1839 - 444 pages
...intercede for, and by our better learen, each in his measure, save from God's wrath, a nobler land than " Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore...hand and their left hand — and also much cattle." O GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, our only Saviour, the Prince of Peace — Give us grace... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1839 - 966 pages
...be angry, even unto death. Then «aid the Lord, Thou hast pity on the gourd for which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow ; which came up in a night and perished in a night. And should not 1 spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern... | |
 | Anna Wierzbicka - Religion - 2001 - 524 pages
...God says to Jonah (4:10-11), You have had pity on the plant for which you have not labored, nor made it grow, which came up in a night and perished in a night. And should I not pity Niniveh, that great city, in which are more than one hundred and twenty thousand persons... | |
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