 | George Horne (bp. of Norwich.) - 1793 - 412 pages
...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... | |
 | George Horne - 1793 - 410 pages
...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... | |
 | George Horne - Sermons, English - 1794 - 460 pages
...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... | |
 | Alexander Knox - Ireland - 1798 - 260 pages
...or abroad, in their own country or in Holland, have unqueftionably the beft Government in the world: For (to ufe the words of the Prophet,) " The land...thriven fo well in Holland as it has done elfewhere : If F 2 WC we wifh to fee it, as Wolfey fays, in ShakeJpearc, " bearing its bluftiing honours thick upon... | |
 | Alexander Knox - Ireland - 1799 - 272 pages
...Holland^ have,unqueftionably, the beft Government in the world ; for (to ufe the words of the Prophet) t' The land is as the Garden of Eden before " them, but...elfewhere. If we wifh to fee it, as Wolfey fays, in Shakfpeare, " bearing its blufhing honours thick upon it," we muft take a view of it in Spain : and... | |
 | W. Ettrick - Bible - 1814 - 584 pages
...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... | |
 | Augustin Calmet - Bible - 1814 - 636 pages
...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... | |
 | Board of Agriculture (Great Britain) - Agriculture - 1815 - 648 pages
...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,... | |
 | England - 1848 - 788 pages
...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... | |
 | Reverend William Kirby - 1835 - 562 pages
...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... | |
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The day of Jehovah cometh, the land is as the garden of Eden before them, but behind them a desolate wilderness, 
