 | Alexander Hunter - 1803 - 590 pages
...excellent lefson to the rational. In the sacred history we are told, that the Slork in the heavens knmceth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their comings and we are reminded that the leafing of the fig-tree usually determines the approach of summer.... | |
 | Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 488 pages
...stork in the heavens knoweth her appointU "edtim:; and the turtle, the crant, and the swallew observ^ " the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgment; "of the Lord." The moral corruption of mankind Etill further' appears, that throughout all generations, they have... | |
 | 1810 - 544 pages
...(ht/Oreator and the littleness of man. Yea, the stork iu the Heavens knoweih her appointed times>; and (he turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the...coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. Tell me, ye sages,, who pretend to penetrate mto the secrets of nature, how the bee can traverse the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pages
...turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the 7 battle, without considering or fearing his danger. Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed...crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; they return in the summer to their former abodes ; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 562 pages
...creatures, both for their actions and their use ! The stork in the heaven, saith thy prophet Jeremy, knmceth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; Jer. viii. 1. Who have seen the stork *, before the calends of August; or a swallow, in the winter?... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - 1808 - 300 pages
...know the exact period when they are to remove. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming." (Jer. viii. 7.) No doubt, some variation in the temperature of the air, and their natural instinct... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1808 - 402 pages
...do they understand : They are like the horse and mule, that have no understanding." Jer. viii. 7. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." These things are often mentioned in scripture, as evidences of extreme folly and stupidity, wherein... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 524 pages
...do they understand : They are like the horse and mule, that have no understanding." Jcr. viii. 7. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." These things are often mentioned in scripture, as evidences of extreme folly and stupidity, wherein... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 542 pages
...do they understand : They are like the horse and mule, that have no understanding." Jer. viii. 7. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." These things are often mentioned in scripture, as evidences of extreme folly and stupidity, wherein... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1832 - 626 pages
...tomed periods.* They are, indeed, beautifully and wisely directed, — ' Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and...and the swallow, observe the time of their coming.' It is evident, that of all natural ngents climate is the most powerful in changing and modifying the... | |
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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. 
