 And the Lord said unto me, Behold, I have put my words in thy mouth. See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.  Sacred history, selected from the Scriptures, with annotations and ... - Page 21edited by - 1817Full view - About this book
 | Nathan Bangs - 1815 - 336 pages
...he only predicts will be done, or simply declares is already done. So the Lord says to Jeremiah, " See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and...destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant," ch. i. 10. Now it is certain that Jeremiah was not sent in his own person, to overturn nations and... | |
 | Elias Boudinot - 1815 - 598 pages
...as in 1. Jer. ix. 10, " And the Lord said unto me, behold I have put my words in thy mouth : see T have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant." So here the divine judgment, denounced by these... | |
 | Jean Calvin - 1816 - 580 pages
...received, they were likewise adorned with eminent power and splendid titles. For when the Lord declares, " See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and...and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, and to build, and to plant," he at the same time assigns the reason, " Behold I have put my words in... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - 1816 - 764 pages
...may be termed, " of this kind. " When God appointed Jeremiah to be a prophet, he " sai-l, Jer. i. 10. See, I have this day set thee over the " nations,...out, and to pull " down, and to destroy, and to throw dorvn, to build and " to plant. Do not these phrases, literally interpreted, " imply that as much power... | |
 | John Shepherd - 1817 - 570 pages
...used in the Old Testament in conferring the prophetic function. " See (saith the Lord to Jere«iiah) " I have this day set thee over the nations, and over...destroy, and to «' throw down, to build, and to plant." (ch. i. ver. 10.) Agreeably to the terms of the commission the prophet is, in other parts of the book,... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1787 - 588 pages
...termed, of this kind. When God appointed Jeremiah to be a prophet, he said, (Jer. i. 10,) " See, 1 have this day set thee over the nations and over the...destroy, and to throw down, to build and to plant." Do not these phrases, literally interpreted, imply that as much power was given to Jeremiah in this... | |
 | Francis Augustus Cox - 1817 - 622 pages
...existing. disorders,' fulfilling by such a dispensation .the divine message to Jeremiah, ' Behold I have put my words in thy mouth. See I have this day set...the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out and pull down, and to destroy and to throw down, to build and to plant.' (q) Nor does God govern his church... | |
 | 1851 - 786 pages
...Boniface VIII. thns applies to himself the tenth verse of the first chapter of the Prophet Jeremiah — " See I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to root out, to pull down, and to destroy." " Here," says the Pope, " the Almighty is speaking of the power of the... | |
 | 1817 - 430 pages
...they are united, they seem to hear the voice of the Lord addressing each, as he addressed Jeremiah — "See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to build and to plant." The spirit of the well.informed Christian is for Missionary purposes. 236 no longer... | |
 | 1817 - 486 pages
...are united, they seem to hear the voice of the Lord addressing each, as he addressed Jeremiah — " See, I have this day set thee over the nations, and over the kingdoms, to build and to plant." The spirit of the well-informed Christian is no longer content with coasting expedition... | |
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