...Garden of Eden. " He beheld all the plain well " watered as the Garden of the Lord e. " The land was as the Garden of Eden " before them, but behind them a defolate " wildernefs f." The prophet Ezekiel, at the command of God, for an admonition to Pharaoh, thus portrays the pride...

...Garden of Eden. " He beheld all the plain well " watered as the Garden of the Lord e. " The land was as the Garden of Eden " before them, but behind them a defolate " wildernefs f." The prophet Ezekiel, at the command of God, for an admonition to Pharaoh, thus portrays the pride...

...the Garden of Eden. " He beheld all the plain well watered as the Garden of the Lord, f The land was as the Garden of Eden before them, but behind them a defolate wilder* nefs." J The prophet Ezekiel, at the command of God, for an admonition to Pharoah, thus portrays...

...abroad, in their own country or in Holland, have, unqueftionably, the beft Government in the wor}d ; for (to ufe the words of the Prophet) " The land is...thriven fo well in Holland as it has. done elfewhere. If we wifh to fee it, as Wolfey fays, in Sliakfpeare, " bearing its blufhing honours thick upon it," we...

...desolation, as if they had been privileged of heaven to butcher the supernumerary inhabitants of the earth. " The land is as the garden of Eden before them^ but behind them a desolate wilderness." The actions of these monsters, and the success that should attend upon their...

...town." A great [rather, a numerous] people and a strong : their numbers all our extracts agree in. The land is as the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness: "they eat up all sorts of grain, and grass, cabbage leaf, lettuce, blossoms of...

...as a band of reapers; and to their depredations in that instance, we could not refrain from applying the words of the prophet : " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind Ifiem a desofate nildcmess; yea, and nothing shall escape them" Joei, lit 3. In solne instances,...

...draw a long breath after escaping from a charge of locusts; and looking around yon, you exclaim with the prophet, ' The land is as the Garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing shall escape them!"" Mr Nicholson's location...

...Sennacherib and Nebuchadnezzar, also mark their progress by devastation and rum ; to use the graphic language of the prophet—" The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wildeniess"2 This plague has generally been considered as belonging to the...

...fire hath consumed the habitations of the wilderness," Joel i. 19, 20. "The day of Jehovah cometh, the land is as the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness," Joel ii. 3. " See ye the word of Jehovah, have I been a wilderness to Israel,...