 | John WITHERSPOON (President of Princeton College.), William Shenstone - 1768 - 342 pages
...gathered together iu my name, there am I in the ' midfl of them. Pial. Ixxxvii. 2. The Lord lov' eth the gates of Zion, more than all the dwellings ' of Jacob.' And doth not the experience of every one of thofe who love the habitation of God's houfe, and the place... | |
 | John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 636 pages
...gathered together in my " name, there am I in the midft of them."" Pfal. Ixxxvii. 2. " The Lord loveth the gates of Zion, more than " all the dwellings of Jacob." And doth not the experience of every one of thofe who love the habitation of God's houfe, and the place... | |
 | William Huntington - 1802 - 686 pages
...Jerufalem, or on mount Zion, was the metropolitan church among the twelve tribes of Ifrael. God loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ; and it was revealed from heaven, that although he had, for the fins of his people, defpifed his habitation... | |
 | William Huntington - 1809 - 568 pages
...palace, yet the fuburbs are neither forgotten nor neglected, He bleffes the habitation of the juft ; but loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Neverthelefs, when he fhines forth from the perfection of beauty he vifits the wafte places of Jerufalem... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 454 pages
...palace, yet the suburbs are neither forgotten nor neglected. He blesses the habitation of the just ; but loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. Nevertheless, when he shines forth from the perfection of beauty, he visits the waste places of Jerusalem... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 444 pages
...Jerusalem, or on mount Zion, was the metropolitan church among the twelve tribes of IsraelGod loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob; and it was revealed from heaven, that although he had, for the sins of his people, despised his habitation... | |
 | 1818 - 606 pages
...abhorred.'' Yet he went to bear his testimony to public ordinances : " for still," saith he, " the Lord loves the gates of Zion, more than all the dwellings of Jacob; and so do I." Such then were his sentiments of things, expecting that God would yet open a door of return... | |
 | Henry Scougal - 1822 - 328 pages
...be called by his name. At Salem was his tabernacle, and his dwelling-place in Zion\. The Lord loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. And the church, in all ages, hath thought it fit to separate some places from vulgar and common use, and... | |
 | Henry Martyn - 1822 - 386 pages
...faith. The Lord is good to all, and his tender mercies are over all his works; but The Lord loveth the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. And so ought we. The household ot faith should be our peculiar care. The consideration of this duty we... | |
 | 1822 - 550 pages
...when they eaid to her, Let us go up to the house of God, and worship in bis holy temple. She loved the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob ; and she continued to enjoy the inestimable privilege of worshipping in the great congregation till within... | |
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On the holy mount stands the city he founded; 2 the LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob. 
