 | Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 560 sivua
...unrighteousness. The Saviour only weeps over him, as over Jerusalem ; crying with a tenderness inexpressible, " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ; but thou wouldst not. Oh that thou hadst known, even thou, in this thy day, the things, which belong to... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1828 - 520 sivua
...unrighteousness. The Saviour only weeps over him as over Jerusalem, crying with a tenderness inexpressible, " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth " her chickens ; but thou wouldst not. Oh that thou hadst " known, even thou, in this thy day, the things which belong... | |
 | William Jay - 1829 - 592 sivua
...commandments ; then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness like the waves of the sea !" " How often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chicken under her wing, and ye ^would not!" Yes, these are his own words — the expressions of a God... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 606 sivua
...belong to thy peace !" but they would not, till they were hid from their eyes, and it was too late d. " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and. ye would note." Sinners, I beseech you, let not sin and flesh befool you, to make you... | |
 | Isaac Ambrose - 1832 - 730 sivua
...world through him might be saved." He wept over Jerusalem, saying, " O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, bow oft his resurrection, now ascended with him, compassed Matt. 23:37. I would, but ye would not. And when his disciples would have had fire come down to consume... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1833 - 598 sivua
...you then experience to all eternity y ! How will those words sound in your ears at the last day, " Often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ; but ye would not » !" Do but reflect on this one moment, — " I would ; and ye would not." Verily, that reflection... | |
 | Blaise Pascal - 1833 - 428 sivua
...nature as fire, is a lively emblem of God's universal, operative presence. And our Saviour's saying, " How often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! " is an affecting illustration of the divine (no(yri and his own yearning compassion, in... | |
 | 1844 - 372 sivua
...MatJ23: 'O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, ihou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chicken under her wings, and ye would not.' The Favorite Scholar. AFTER THE GERMAN OP KARL OTOBER.... | |
 | John Harris - 1836 - 452 sivua
...than on Mount Olivet; when 'he beheld the city, and wept over it, and said, 0 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, but ye would not?' Whose patriotism ever endured what his did? He had but twelve offices to bestow ; but then they were... | |
 | Ebenezer Erskine, Donald Fraser - 1836 - 612 sivua
...breast of his grace, by " putting their trust under the shadow of his wings?" "O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would I have gathered thee, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings !" How does he expostulate with sinners for their aversion to come to him ! " Oh, my people,... | |
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... how often would I have gathered thee as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 
