| Joseph Grigg - 1745 - 92 pages
...They ihall be rs .". Grals upon the Houle-tops, which withei.." eth afore it groweth up ; wherewith the " Mower filleth not his Hand ; nor he that " bindeth Sheaves, his Bofom. Neither ^o ".they which go by fay, The BreiTmg of the  2 " Lo;d " Lord be upon you; we blefs... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pages
...or green corn, [upon] the house tops, which withereth afore it groweth up to 7 maturity ; Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom, but it continues unregarded, none S caring to gather il. Neither do they •which go by say, The ;... | |
| William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 582 pages
...midnight cry, comes on them; and then all their joys wither, like grass upon the house-top, " wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom." But God's choice of his people is made manifest to them in the furnace of affliction. When temptation... | |
| William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...in the name of the Lord ; for the grass of ff the field is withered before it groweth up, so " that the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that " bindeth sheaves his bosom."* The faults and follies of men will yield a revenue of profit to the pious observer ; the fruitless... | |
| Samuel Lavington - 1815 - 622 pages
...leaves the soul altogether unsatisfied. It is like the grass, which the Psalmist speaks of, " wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom:" or, like the man to whom Job alludes, " in the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits,"... | |
| 1815 - 614 pages
...Zion. 6 Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up : 7 Wherewith the mower filleth not his hand ; nor he that bindeth sheaves his bosom. 8 Neither do they which go by «ay, The blessing of the LORD be upon you : we bless you in the name... | |
| Ralph Wardlaw - 1816 - 510 pages
...fruit." It shall be " as the grass on the " house-tops, which withereth before it groweth up; where" with the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth " sheaves, his bosom." Far different, however, are the sanguine anticipations of Mr. Yates: — " Considering," says he, "... | |
| 1838 - 504 pages
...Zion : " Let them be as the grass upon the house-tops, which withereth afore it groweth up : wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom." George. I see the importance of understanding even these more minute allusions of Scripture. Perhaps... | |
| Charles Bradley - 1822 - 340 pages
...wicked, "Let them be as the grass upon the house top, which withers before it grows up ; wherewith the mower filleth not his hand, nor he that bindeth sheaves, his bosom," Psal. cxxix. 6. Such withered grass are the wicked, who are never taken into the reaper's bosom ; but... | |
| 1869 - 346 pages
...stanchions by creeping tendrils of ivy, showing that it has never been opened. A bat hovers about it ; its threshold is overgrown with brambles, nettles, and...everlasting offices of prophet, priest, and king. " Now, when Christ enters any human heart, he bears with him a two-fold light. First, the light of... | |
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