 Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.  The Works of John Owen, D.D. - Page 126by John Owen - 1852Full view - About this book
 | John Owen - 1826 - 578 pages
...by searching 'find out the Almighty to perfection : it is as high as heaven, what can we do ? it is deeper than hell, what can we know ? the measure thereof...the earth, and broader than the sea;' Job xi. 7—9. We may all say one to another of this ; ' Surely we are more brutish than any man, and have not the... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...perfection ? — it is as high as heaven : what canst thou do ? — deeper than hell : what canst thou know ? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea " (Job xi. 7, 8, 9). While, therefore, the knowledge of all other subjects is within the grasp of man, not an... | |
 | 1826 - 596 pages
...inquisitiveness? " Can we by searching find out God P Can we find out the Almighty to perfection ? It is as high as heaven, what can we do ? Deeper than hell, what can we know?" To these suggestions it may be replied, that although God is exalted infinitely above our comprehension,... | |
 | Jonathan Law Pomeroy - 1826 - 332 pages
...Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do; deeper than hell what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea! The fourth name we have to consider is, The Everlasting Father. He is not both Father and Son in the... | |
 | John Pridham - 1826 - 438 pages
...unto perfection ? It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell; what canst thou know ? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea u ." We must expect that the dispensations of his Grace will be clogged with equal, if not greater... | |
 | 1847 - 660 pages
...prospect of it, cry out, " It is high as heaven, what canst thou do?— deeper than hell, what canst thou know? the measure thereof, is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea." It is no small mercy with me, to find amidst the burden of increasing years, a firm, and unshaken confidence... | |
 | John Goodge Foyster - 1826 - 460 pages
...to the opposite border of that "great gulf" which separates time from eternity. This is a subject " high as heaven: what can we do? — deeper than hell: what can we know?" As the dust covers the poor remains of the body, the shades of death conceal from us the condition... | |
 | Daniel Dewar - 1826 - 558 pages
...his omnipresence, he is " high as the heaven, what canst thou do ? Deeper than hell, what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea." The omnipresence of God is necessarily implied in his infinite perfection. If there be no perfection... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826 - 902 pages
...perfection? 8 It is § as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; what canst thou know ? 9 The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 10 If he II cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then _|l. * t-' clmn^r. * who can hinder him... | |
 | William Cogswell - 1827 - 558 pages
...out God1? who can find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as , heaven; what can we dol deeper than hell; what can we know? The measure thereof...is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. 0 Lord! we would glorify thy power, wisdom, and goodness, which are discoverable all around us. Blessed... | |
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