 | John Flavel - Presbyterian Church - 1671 - 576 pages
...is the mystery of godliness. " Behold, (saith the prophet, Isa. 40 : 15, 17,) the nations are as the drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance ; he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. All nations before him are as nothing, and they are... | |
 | John Dunton - 1708 - 596 pages
...and Ocean of Mercy an 1 Love that is in him ; How little a Portion is heard . of him ? Job 24. 14. All Nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him lefs than nothing, Vanity, //<«. 40. 12, I5,.i7, 22. O how great is he that hangeth the Earth upon... | |
 | Samuel White - Bible - 1709 - 550 pages
...copy after after tfie iiivifibli Original, whith ejtrfted in his own Chapter ' Mind. XL,. Ver. 1 5. Behold, the nations are AS A drop of a bucket, and Are counted at the fmatt dujt of the balance : behold, he takfth up the ifles as a very lettle thing."] All the... | |
 | William Whiston - Bible and science - 1717 - 376 pages
...him in the Path of Judgment, and taught him Knowledge, and fhewed to him the Way of Underftanding ? Behold, the Nations are as a Drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the frnall Baft of the Balance : Behold, he taketh up the Jfles afs .a very little Thing. And Lebanon is... | |
 | Francis Gastrell (bp. of Chester) - 1717 - 352 pages
...is he that fitteth upon the Circle of the Earth, and the Inhabitants thereof are as Gra(hoppers. d Behold, the Nations are as a drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the fmall Duft of the Balance : All the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing before him ; and... | |
 | Philo-Delphus (pseud.) - 1719 - 332 pages
...there is no Difference betwixt the publick and private Good, in comparifon to God's Glory. Jf.xl-ij. All Nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him at" left than Vanity and Nothing, And if a Nation or any People (hould be reduced to this Streight,... | |
 | François de Salignac de La Mothe- Fénelon - Oratory - 1722 - 360 pages
...And Lebanon is notfufficient to burn ; nor the j^. tea/is thereof fufficient for a burnt-facrifice. All nations before him are as nothing ; and they are counted to him lefs 1 8. than nothing and vanity. To whom will you liken God? $ 2 1 , *•" what likenefs will you... | |
 | William Whiston - 1725 - 370 pages
...him in the Path of Judgment, and taught him Knowledge, and fhewed to him the Way of Underftanding ? Behold, the Nations are as a Drop of a Bucket, and are counted as thefmall Duft of the Balance : Behold, he taketh up the Ifles as a very little Thing. And Lehanon is... | |
 | James Burroughs - 1733 - 296 pages
...eternity : be Jitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants there'of are as gr a/hoppers : all nations before him are as nothing, and they are counted to him left- than nothing, and vanity: therefore bis excellency foould make us afraid, and we mould not prefume... | |
 | English literature - 1753 - 750 pages
...of this JEHOVAH of the illiterate Jews ; oefore whom (to ufe this poet's own words) all other gods are as a drop of a Bucket, and are counted as the Jmall daß of the balance ? Had I been acquainted with this xvonderful volume, while I was writing... | |
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Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing. 
