He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. The Sunday at Home - Page 3991864Full view - About this book
| Anne Pratt - 1799 - 200 pages
...psalmist, when he spoke of the " Hope of Israel:" " He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." * " He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass ; as showers that water the earth/'j" Every part... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 pages
...shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even as a morning without clouds ; as /he tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. And again J, lie shall judge the poor of the people, and save the children of the needy : And his people... | |
| John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 pages
...the benign administration of one man could accomplish, and be " as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds, as the...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after the rain." There are several circumstances which may encourage us to undertake this most honourable... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 554 pages
...Most High, vehicles of good to mankind, and like him, will be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds, as the...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. And therefore, when a people are bereaved of them, they sustain an unspeakable loss, and are the subjects... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 540 pages
...Most High, vehicles of good to mankind, and like him, will be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a .morning without clouds, as the...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. And therefore, when a people are bereaved of them, they sustain an unspeakable loss, and are the subjects... | |
| Charles Simeon - 1810 - 518 pages
...man must be just, ruling in the fear of God: andhe shall be as- the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds: as the...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. THESL words are generally understood as descriptive of the duty of civil governors, and of the happiness... | |
| Henry Venn - 1811 - 464 pages
...*• must be just, ruling in the fear of God, and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds, as the...earth, by clear shining after rain," 2 Sam. xxiii. Have you numerous dependents ? From the abundance of your wealth, if a Christian, you will be just... | |
| Samuel Hopkins - 1811 - 536 pages
...thus the coming and kingdom of Christ will be " Asi the light of the morning, when the sun riseih, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." When the sun rises in a clear morning, after a dark night, attended with clouds, rain and storms, the... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1811 - 400 pages
...he shall be as the light of the " morning, when the sun riseth ; even a morning rt without clouds j as the tender grass springing " out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." This is one of the most regular and, formal comparisons in the sacred books. ALLEGORY, likewise, is... | |
| 1803 - 652 pages
...with a frank, open, 'cheerful, pleasant countenance, as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, a morning without clouds, as the tender, grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain ; nis looks of undissemblcd kindness diffuse the light of joy and happiness throughout every society... | |
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