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" I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree. Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. "
A Spring-day: Or, Contemplations on Several Occurrences which Naturally ... - Page 179
by James Fisher - 1806 - 338 pages
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Murray's English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the ...

Lindley Murray, Jeremiah Goodrich - 1822 - 322 pages
...is better to be a door-keeper in the house of the Lord, . than to dwell in the tents of wickedness. I have seen the wicked in great power; and spreading himself like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away: sought him, but he could not be found. Happy is the man that findeth...
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Selections from the Psalms of David, the proverbs of Solomon, and the Book ...

1822 - 184 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thce to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thon shall see it. 35 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a grpen bay-tree: 36 Yet he passed away, and, lo, lie was not : jca, I sought him, but he could not be...
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Three essays: on regeneration, the antedeluvian [sic] patriarchs, and the ...

Sarah Brealey - 1823 - 408 pages
...36. 20, 27. 1 Chro. 1. 38, 42. (}) Dent. 2. 12. upon their high places. (A) I have seen, says David, the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like...not ; yea I sought him, but he could not be found. (I) What a necessity for all to be humble; for, like the children of Jaakan, we are all sprung from...
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Select British divines, ed. by C. Bradley, Volume 9

Charles Bradley - 1823 - 410 pages
...For yet a little while, and he that shall come, will come, and will not tarry.' Heb. x. 35. 35. ' 1 have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay -tree,' or a native tree, which has grown from the seed without transplantation, in the same spot. 36. ' Yet...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1823 - 880 pages
...workers of iniquity : for they shall soon be cut down like the grass, and wither as the green herb. 1 have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green baytree ; yet be passed away, and, lo, he was not; yea I sought him, but he could not be found." Man...
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A manual for the sick; containing prayers (from the 'Visitation of the sick ...

Visitation of the sick Order for the - 1824 - 132 pages
...way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land : when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...not : yea, I sought him, but he could not be found. Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright : for the end of that man is peace. But the transgressors...
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Seventeen Discourses on Several Texts of Scripture: Addressed to Christian ...

Robert Robinson - 1824 - 450 pages
...of a scourge, and his little history, told by many a tongue round many a fire, amounts to this ; " I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...bay tree, yet he passed away, and lo, he was not. I have seen the foolish taking root; but suddenly I cursed his habitation. Even as I have seen, they...
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A Common-place-book to the Holy Bible: Or The Scriptures Sufficiency ...

John Locke - 1824 - 530 pages
...young, and now am old, yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread, &c. I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading...himself like a green bay -tree ; yet he passed away. — Pa. xxxvii. 16. 25. 35, 36. Every man walketh in a vain show ; enrely they are disquieted in vain...
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The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds ...

Thaddeus Mason Harris - 1824 - 474 pages
...Psal. xxxvii. 35, 36. " I have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree. Yet he passed away, and lo ! he was not. Yea, I sought him, but he could not be found." A ben Ezra, Jarchi, Kimchi, Jerom, and some others say that the original may mean only " a native tree,"...
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An Introduction to Spelling and Reading, in Two Volumes: Being the First and ...

Abner Alden - 1824 - 108 pages
...inherit the land ; when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt Bte it, I have seen the wicked in great power, spreading himself like a green bay tree : yet he passed away, and lo, he was not ; yea, 1 sought him, but he could not be found. Murfc the perfect man, and behold the upright : for the end...
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