 | George Stanley Faber - Justification (Christian theology). - 1837 - 406 pages
...to Mr. Knox's averment, take up the parable of the prophet : The bed is shorter, than that a man may stretch himself on it : and the covering narrower, than that he can wrap himself in it. With deep regret, one cannot help seeing, that such an allegation, as that of Mr. Knox, is likely to... | |
 | Rev. Robert Lovett - Salvation - 1837 - 232 pages
...rest to his spirit and quiet satisfaction to his soul therefrom, they will prove as ' ' the bed which is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and as the covering that is narrower than that he can wrap himself in it." (Isai. xxviii. 20.) My friends,... | |
 | Leveson Venables V. Harcourt - 1838 - 664 pages
...it goeth forth shall it take you : for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night : and it shall be a vexation only to understand the...stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than he can wrap himself in it." 1 The builders of Babel had been guilty of the same offence as these rulers... | |
 | Leveson Venables Vernon-Harcourt - Bible and geology - 1838 - 660 pages
...it goeth forth shall it take you : for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night : and it shall be a vexation only to understand the...stretch himself on it, and the covering narrower than he can wrap himself in it." ' The builders of Babel had been guilty of the same offence as these rulers... | |
 | 1838 - 1196 pages
...it pass over, By day and by night : And it shall be a vexation only 4 to understand the report. 20 ar of Jeroboam king of Israel began •* " * Azariah...Amaziah king of Judah to reign. Sixteen years old was 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, He shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, That... | |
 | Henry Woodward - 1838 - 438 pages
...affection. The creature cannot yield, what this idolatry demands. " The bed," as the prophet speaks, " is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on...covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it." The stream is too shallow, for the soul to find its depth. The object, whatever it may be, if over-loved,... | |
 | John Pring - 1838 - 588 pages
...it goeth forth it shall take you : for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night : and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report. FOR THE BED is SHORTBB THAN THAT A MAN CAN STRETCH HIMSELF ON IT ; and the covering narrower than that he can wrap... | |
 | 1841 - 538 pages
...trying seasons, as is here observed, " the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself upon it, and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it." As for knowledge in the abstract, and independent altogether of religion, it is a thing of which we... | |
 | Bible - 1839 - 1060 pages
...it pass over, by day and by night : and it shall be a vexation only \\to understand the report. 20 c. 21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount cPerazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of d Gibeon,... | |
 | John Michael Hiffernan - 1839 - 308 pages
...in Him. The capacities of the soul are unbounded, its desires infinite ; and the bed of this world is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on...covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. Every effort, therefore, to find rest on earth, is but perpetrating upon our own souls the horrid cruelty... | |
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For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than that he can wrap himself in it. 
