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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... "
Birds - Page 14
1842 - 159 pages
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Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter)

Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 pages
...sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers; that stretchcth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in: thai bringeth the princes to nothing; hewaketh the judges of the earth as van'ty. Yea, they shall not...
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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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Letters, Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation ..., Volume 2

Elizabeth Hamilton - 1806 - 292 pages
...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 bring" eth the princes to nothing : he " maketh the judges of the earth as ." vanity. He shall...
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Select parts of the holy Bible, for the use of the negro slaves, in the ...

1807 - 570 pages
...is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof arc as grasshoppers ; that stretcheth out the heavens as a 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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The Principles of Eloquence: Adapted to the Pulpit and the Bar

Jean Siffrein Maury - 1807 - 298 pages
...dust ; yea less than nothing, and vanity ;' ' seeing it ' is^He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and • spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' (Ch. xl. 10, &c.) •Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an ec• logue, in the smiling...
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The Christian Entirely the Property of Christ, in Life and Death: Exhibited ...

Johannes van der Kemp - 1810 - 572 pages
...above the circle of the earth, the inhabitants whereof are as grasshoppers before him ; who stretchetli out the heavens, as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in," Isaiah xl. 18, 22. Therefore when we address the heavenly Father, we must by all means do it with exalted...
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The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 9

David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher - 1810 - 446 pages
...sitteth r>n the cir,le of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers ; that spreadeth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tesu to- dwell in." There is perhaps nothing comparable to this in any heathen poet. But even this...
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Dialogues Concerning Eloquence in General: And, Particularly that Kind which ...

François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - 1810 - 184 pages
...small dust ; yea, less than nothing and vanity ;' seeing it is 'He that stretcheth out the heavens like a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in.' Sometimes this prophet has all the sweetness of an eclogue, in the smiling images he gives us of peace...
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An Essay on the Inspiration of the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament

John Dick - 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...
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Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ...

Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1813 - 468 pages
...immensity of his works. The prophet invites us to this meditation in the words of my text. " It is he that stretcheth out the heavens as a curtain, and spreadeth them out as a tent to dwell in. Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things. It is he who bringeth out their...
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