| Nathanael Emmons - 1842 - 618 pages
...virtue consists in utility, is to suppose that virtue may be predicated of the mere animal creation. The beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, administer largely to our comfort and support. And if virtue consists in utility,... | |
| 1842
...for his lawful use, not for his wanton cruelty. Man may therefore exercise his just sovereignty over the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea ; not his lawless will, to their needless destruction or misery. Had man made the... | |
| Simon Clough - 1843 - 574 pages
...dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet ; the sheep, the oxen, the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea. The providence of God is not limited to man, but extends to the whole creation. God... | |
| William James E. Bennett - 1843 - 420 pages
...Thine hands, and Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet. All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field. The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas. O Lord our Governor, how excellent... | |
| 1843 - 70 pages
...the works of thy hands ; and thou hast put all things under his feet ; All sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and whatsoever passeth through the paths of the seas. 0 Lord our Governor, how excellent... | |
| 1849 - 660 pages
...Kingdom was made for Man. Of the various races of animals, some yield us their bodies for food, as the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air and the fishes of the sea ; others supply our clothing, in the form of wool, hair, fur, skins, and silk ; some... | |
| Alexander Campbell - 1843 - 396 pages
...over the works of thy hands. Thou hast put all things under his feet: all sheep and oxen; yea, and the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fish of the sea, and whatsoever passes through the paths of the sea. 0 ! Lord, our Lord, how excellent... | |
| William Burkitt - 1844 - 862 pages
...liberality and bounty, in that plenty and variety of creature refreshments which thou affordest ns ! n charges ? fishes in the || sea, are freely given us, not barely for ne- Í cessitv, but delight, and do all administer... | |
| Jonathan Maxcy - 1844 - 470 pages
...came from the forming hand of the Almighty. He was made in the image of God ; he held dominion over the beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea. The Psalmist, addressing God, says, concerning man, " thou hast made him a little... | |
| John Wood Warter - 1844 - 608 pages
...consign the day to the children of men, unto whom He hath put in subjection "all sheep and oxen, yea, and the beasts of the field ; the fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea, and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas V The day is for man, and for... | |
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