| John Flavel - Providence and government of God - 1824 - 302 pages
...thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ? It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell, what canst thou know ? The measure thereof...longer than the earth, and broader than the sea," Job xi. 7, 9. " The heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him." 2 Chron. ii. 6. " He is glorious... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 538 pages
...the Almighty to perfection ? This knowledge, is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? It is deeper than hell, what canst thou know ? The measure thereof...longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.' We may put these questions to our libertines, when they presume so to speak of the Divine nature, as... | |
| Philip Skelton - 1824 - 1090 pages
...thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ? It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; what canst thou know ? The measure thereof...longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.' From hence a reasonable, a modest, a pious, man would conclude that God is incomprehensible to our... | |
| Education - 1824 - 404 pages
...out the Almighty to perfection ? It is higher than the heights of heaven, what canst thou do? deeper than hell, what canst thou know ? the measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea."f He is—the great, the eternal God, almighty in power and consummate in wisdom, for these attributes,... | |
| Education - 1824 - 396 pages
...Almighty to perfection? It is higher than the heights of heaven, what canst thou do? deeper than.hell, what canst thou know? the measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea."f He is—the great, the eternal God, almighty in power and consummate in wisdom, for these attributes,... | |
| John Locke - Bible - 1824 - 522 pages
...God, and unto God would I commit my cause. — Job v. 8. Canst thou by searching find out God ? &c. If he cut off, and shut up, or gather together, then who can hinder him (or turn him away) ? — Job xi. 7. 10. Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. — Job xiii. 15.... | |
| Joseph Caryl - Bible - 1824 - 282 pages
...is ascribed to wisdom, to show the unsearchableness of it. Rom. xi. 33 ; 1 Cor. ii. 10. " Verse 9- ' The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.' " Here are four very different dimensions met together, and they all speak the same thing, that the... | |
| David Osgood - Congregational churches - 1824 - 486 pages
...shaken and give way. Alas ! vain man, what canst thou do ? It is high as heaven ; it is deep as hell ; the measure thereof is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. Behold, an immensity is around thee, and an eternity before thee ! What canst thou know, upon what... | |
| R. Smith - 1824 - 338 pages
...to perfection ? It is high as heaven, what canst thou (Jo ? Deeper than hell, what canst thou know f The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sccu" (Job. xi. 7, «, and 9.) By the immensity of God, is meant, now, the same as his infinity : that... | |
| Zebulon Ely, Ezra Stiles Ely - 1825 - 64 pages
...canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell ; what canst thou know ? The measure thereof...is longer than the earth and broader than the sea. The interrogations imply the strongest negations, as though it had been said, you cannot find out the... | |
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