| Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 pages
...Lord. What I shall we receive good at the hand. of God, and? shall we not receive, evil ? (w} Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy... | |
| Thomas Boston - 1812 - 512 pages
...creation should break, God is as able as ever. Hence the prophet says, Hub. iii. 17, 18. 'Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy... | |
| 1838 - 716 pages
...fadeth not away." Take for your example the prophet Habakkuk,who triumphantly declares, " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...fields shall yield no meat, the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 616 pages
...remember that passage in Habakkuk respecting faith in the time of adversity, where he says, " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy... | |
| Archibald Bonar - 1815 - 534 pages
...you, amidst the severest deprivations, to adopt the triumphant language of the prophet, " Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy... | |
| William Bates - 1815 - 544 pages
...feeling in the midst of their cruel sufferings. The prophet Habakkuk triumphantly declares, " although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...fields shall yield no meat: the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls." Though all the supports and comforts of life... | |
| 1815 - 294 pages
...trusteth in the Lord. The will of the Lord he done. . Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive...fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy... | |
| 1815 - 614 pages
...the people, he will invade them with his troops. 17 Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in \ the vines ; the labour of the...fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall l>e no herd in the stalls : > 18 Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, > I... | |
| William Alexander - 1815 - 204 pages
...it hard work, and many times altogether impossible to acknowledge with the prophet, that <l although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flocks shall be cut off from the Ibid, and there shall be no • HA».... | |
| 1824 - 452 pages
...storm of affliction, is to cheer him but religion ; and this can do it, and enable Mm to say, 'although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit...vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the locks shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in... | |
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