Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? The Adventurer - Sivu 26muokkaaja - 1823Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
| 1758 - 508 sivua
...whom will ye liken God? or what " likenefs will ye compare unto him ? Who " hath meafured the waters in the hollow of " his hand ? and meted out heaven with a " fpan, and comprehended the duft of the " earth in a meafure, and weighed the moun" tains in fcales,... | |
| Thomas Gibbons - 1767 - 540 sivua
...fplendor, are the divine power and wifdom reprefented in ffaiab xl. 12? " Who hath * meafured the waters in the hollow of his hand, * and meted out heaven with a fpan, and com* prehended the duft of the earth in a meafure, 11 and weighed the mountains in fcales,... | |
| 1785 - 772 sivua
...do not only tnmble, a» in Homer* but ' are melted lublimc inquiry ? ' Who hath meaiured the waters in the hollow of his hand? and meted out heaven with a fpan, and comprehended the duft of the earth in a meafure, and weighed the mounu'ms.in fcalcs, and... | |
| John Pearson - 1797 - 632 sivua
...hath bound the -waters in a garment ? who hath eJlabliJhed all the ends of the earth ? who but God ? Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a fpan, and comprehended the dttft of the earth in a meajure ? who but he ? Thus then may he be called... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 sivua
...the everlasting God ? 'The prophet's notions of God are diffused through alt the verses of the text. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his...span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure ? Who hath weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance? Behold the nations... | |
| British essayists - 1802 - 330 sivua
...infinite Mind can be expressed, adequately to the dignity of the subject, but in the following mariner ? ' Whither shall I go from thy presence ? If I climb...the hills in a balance?' Produce me, Terentianus, «ny image or description in Plato himself, so truly .elevated and divine ! Where did these barbarians... | |
| John Brewster - 1802 - 330 sivua
...mode of existence of the Supreme Being, must acknowledge who it is that 41 has measured the waters in the hollow of " his hand, and meted out heaven..."earth in a measure; and weighed the " mountains in a scale, and the hills in a " balance. Behold the nations," proceeds the sublime Isaiah, " are as a... | |
| John Witherspoon, John Rodgers - 1802 - 636 sivua
...purpofe, the fortieth chapter of Ifaiah, from the izth verfe and onward. " Who hath meafured the waters in the hollow of his '' hand, and meted out heaven with a fpan, and compre" hended the dull of the earth in a meafure, and weighed " the mountains in fcales,... | |
| 1803 - 240 sivua
...nothing, and vanity, introduced making the following sublime enquiry ! " Wrho hath measured the ,waters in the " hollow of his hand, and meted out Heaven...description in Plato himself, so truly elevated and divine ! WThere did these barbarians learn to speak of God, in terms that alone appear worthy of him? How... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 422 sivua
...prophet, weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a balance .that God, who measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, Isa. xl. 12. that God, who sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and considereth the inhabitants thereof... | |
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