 Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? And there were also two others, malefactors, led with him to be put to death.  The Works of Edmund Burke - Page 354by Edmund Burke - 1839Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Arnold - 1857 - 176 pages
...One thought of those warning words, with which He repressed the tears of the women of Jerusalem, " If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?" Yet, once more, if we are living a life not thoughtless, but overcareful ; if it is not our... | |
 | 1914 - 1066 pages
...college policy instead of matters of detail. With regard to the second group one may only reflect, 'If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?' And now, having concluded this long introduction, let us turn to our critics and their criticisms.... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1857 - 454 pages
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 | John Kitto - 1858 - 518 pages
...into far larger dimensions in the course of time. This view recalls to mind the saying of our Lord, " If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ;" for although in that expression the word employed is that denoting sap, not greenness, yet... | |
 | John Kitto - 1858 - 518 pages
...into far larger dimensions in the course of time. This view recalls to mind the saying of our Lord, " If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry -" for although in that expression the word employed is that denoting sap, not greenness, yet... | |
 | Christmas Evans - 1859 - 328 pages
...the smiters, and my life for a sacrifice. Weep not for me, but for yourselves and your children; for if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? I am the green tree today ; and behold, I am consumed that you may flourish. I am the high... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher - 1859 - 492 pages
...heard upon earth. Our Lord concludes his speech to the daughters of Jerusalem with the words, " For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?" We can not misunderstand these words. In them the great cross-bearer represents himself as... | |
 | Friedrich Wilhelm Krummacher - 1859 - 490 pages
...heard upon earth. Our Lord concludes his speech to the daughters of Jerusalem with the words, " For if they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?" We can not misunderstand these words. In them the great cross-bearer represents himself as... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards, John Smalley, Jonathan Maxcy, Nathanael Emmons, Edward Dorr Griffin, Caleb Burge - 1859 - 694 pages
...solemn warning. When the Jews were leading our Saviour to Mount Calvary, to crucify him, he said, " If they do these things in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ? " If Christ, a perfectly innocent and holy being, when acting the part of a Mediator between... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1860 - 638 pages
...assumption of the public voice of England, is but a slight foretaste of the usurpation which, on a piece, we may be assured they will make of all the powers...to our treaty, that " this government must abjure Ihe unjust hatred it bears to them, and at last open its ears to the voice ofhumanity." — Truly this... | |
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