 | Clarendon, Edward Hyde Earl of Clarendon - 1717 - 388 pages
...loins, ал a Woman in travail¡ and all faces arc torrid into palenefs ? Jer. XLVII. 6. O tbou foord of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet> put up thy felf into thyfcabbard¡ reß, and beßitt. Ezek.XXXIV.2. Woe be to the Shepherds oflfrael> that... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1742 - 418 pages
...Jeremiah unites almoft all thefe ideas in one place, and adds others more animated to them. c O tbou fword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? Put up thyfelf into thy fcabbard; rejl andbeftitt. How can it be quiet, replies the Prophet, feeing the... | |
 | Francis Atterbury - 1774 - 242 pages
...made us; •.ready to cry out in the pathetic words of the prophet, ". O thou iWord of the 1 ord• how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? Put thyfelf up in thy fcabbfard; reft, and be ftill !" Jer. xlvii. 6. And when that fWord refted in its fcabburd,... | |
 | 1785 - 772 pages
...Read likewife the following adurefs, and tellme what emotion you feel at the time of perufali ' О ' thou fword of the Lord, how long will * it be ere thou be quiet ? Put up thy' felf into thy fcabbard, reft and be li* lent.' Art thou not amazed and delighted, my friend,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1787 - 482 pages
...was particularly fitted. Hence, in the facred fcriptures, we find fbme very remarkable inftances : ." O thou fword of the Lord ! how " long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put thy"c felfup into the fcabbard, reft and be ftill ! {c How can it be quiet, feeing the Lord hath «*... | |
 | 1804 - 508 pages
...From the very appropriate and affecting words of the prophet Jeremiah, xlvii. 6. — " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet 't Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still," occasion is taken first to consider the state... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1802 - 416 pages
...was particularlyfitted. Hence, in the facred fcriptures, we find fome very remarkable inftances : " O thou fword of the Lord ! how long " will it be ere thou be quiet ? put thyfelf up into thy fcab** bard, reft and be ftill f How can it be quiet, feeing the Lord " hath given it a charge againft... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1802 - 414 pages
...cities and countries, to perfons and things, with which the prophetical writings every where abound. ** O thou fword of '" the Lord ! how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put thyfelf " up into the fcabbard, reft and be (till. How can it be quiet," (as the reply is inftantly made) " feeing the... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pages
...likewise the following address, and tell me what emotion you feel at the time of perusal : ' O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet? Put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest and be silent/ Art thou not amazed and delighted, my friend, to... | |
 | 1803 - 240 pages
...likewise the following address, and tell me what emotion you feel at the time of perusal : " O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it " be ere thou be quiet ! Put up thyself into thy scab" bard, rest and be silent." Art thou not amazed and delighted, my friend,... | |
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O thou sword of the Lord, how long will it be ere thou be quiet ? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still. 
