 | Christian life - 1826 - 416 pages
...bountifully and abundantly the rain covereth them. Rain, is a figure of the doctrine of the gospel: " My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass." Deut. xxxii. 2. " Drop down, ye heavens from above, and let the skies pour down righteousness; let... | |
 | George Townsend - Bible - 1826 - 902 pages
...VER. 1 44. 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : 3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1826 - 590 pages
...burden of the preaching of Moses and the prophets, of Jesus Christ -.¡nd the apostle?. Moses says, "My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall...as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the shower* upon the grass ; because I will publish the name of the Lord." The Lord Jesus said to his Father,... | |
 | William Jones, William Stevens - Theology - 1826 - 446 pages
...purposes of grace, is likened to the same natural agent—My doctrine (says Moses in his last song) shall drop as the rain; my speech shall distil as...as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the slwwers upon the grass. Hence the soul, when refreshed and supplied with the divine Spirit, is compared... | |
 | 1874 - 352 pages
...and at distant intervals mingled with divine and spiritual revivals, which " drop as the rain, and distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. " You may say, " This is a mournful religion, I want more comfort; but God declares, " This is not... | |
 | 1827 - 842 pages
...will speak ; and hear, U earth, the words of my mouth. . My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my vieerh shall distil as the dew : as the small rain upon the...upon the grass .> Because I will publish the name of tha LURCJ : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. I Me is the Rook, his work is perfect . for all his... | |
 | Henry Hunter - Bible - 1828 - 356 pages
...lulled to rest, the next word he utters ; he has only love in his heart, and honey upon his tongue. " My doctrine shall drop as the rain : my speech shall...upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass."t The final object of Moses being to warn, to admonish, and to reprove the perverse nation of... | |
 | 1828 - 1042 pages
...and I will speak ; and near, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, mr y the moving creature that hath life, and fowl t/utt...may fly above the earth in the open firmament of hea : 3 Because I willpublish the name of the LORD : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 4 He is the Rock,... | |
 | William Orme - Holy Spirit - 1828 - 292 pages
...ground, and sow in righteousness''." and will he withhold those influences, which " drop as the rain and distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass?" No—it cannot be. " They shall not labour in vain, nor spend their strength for nought or in vain."... | |
 | Richard Graves - 1829 - 528 pages
...Eastern poetry, but at the same time witu the precision of philosophic truth: " Give ear," says he, " 0 ye heavens, and I will speak : and hear, O earth,...the tender herb, " and as the showers upon the grass f." What, is that doctrine so awful, that the whole universe is thus invoked to attend to it? So salutary,... | |
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My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass. 
