 | Daniel Bellamy - 1789 - 512 pagine
...th;s apology may be juftly ftylcd a fine epitome ** of morality and religion." SCOTT. IF VERSE XXVI. IF I BEHELD THE SUN WHEN IT SHINED, OR THE MOON WALKING IN BRIGHTNESS, &c. " SABIISM, or the worfhip of the heavenly bodies, was doubtlefs the moft " ancient fpecies of idolatry.... | |
 | Monthly literary register - 1821 - 678 pagine
...as saying, " If I beheld the sun wheu it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart has been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand; this also were an iniquity: — for I should have denied the God that is above." It is indeed true that " the heavens declaie the... | |
 | William Hurd - 1799 - 952 pagine
...one of those who believed in the true God, says, in his own vindication, " If I beheld the sun while it shined, or the moon walking in brightness : and...secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, &c." Job xxxi. 26, 27. This was a solemn oath, and the ceremony performed In the following manner :... | |
 | William Russell - 1801 - 522 pagine
...patriarch, in vindication of his innocence. " If I beheld the SUN, when it shined," says he, " or die " MOON walking in brightness; and my heart hath been...secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, I " should have denied the GOD that is above363." Here we discover an allusion to the worship of the... | |
 | William Smith - 1803 - 584 pagine
...sheep — If I have made Gold my hope, or have said " to the fine Gold, thou art my confidence — this were " an iniquity to be punished by the Judge; for I " should have denied that God is above*" — So that the sum of his argument seems to amount just to this — That if out... | |
 | Joseph Priestley - 1804 - 670 pagine
...thecahes. To kifs the hand had the fame fignification as in Job. xxxi, 26_27, If I beheld the sun when he 'shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath been secretly inticed, or my mouth hath kissed my Tiand. Ps. III. From a very early to the late ft period of "his... | |
 | Sacred hours - 1804 - 500 pagine
...my confidence ; if I rejoiced because my wealth was great, and because mine hand had gotten much ; if I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking...judge: for I should have denied the God that is above. If I rejoiced at the destrOction of him that hated me, or lifted up myself when evil found him : neither... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 504 pagine
...much ; if I immoderately rejoiced in the 26 wealth left me by my ancestors, or in what I hud gelten ; If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking [in] brightness ; a beautiful description of the moon passing through the -Í7 clouds ; And my heart hath been secretly... | |
 | Thomas Maurice - 1806 - 404 pagine
...the devout JOB makes. protestation of his innocence as to the crime of this prevailing idolatry :'* If I beheld the SUN when it shined or the MOON walking...brightness, and my heart hath been secretly enticed or my month hath kissed my hand, this, also, were an iniquity to be punished by the Judge; for, I should... | |
 | Samuel Barnard - 1806 - 352 pagine
...says he " If I have " made gold my hope, and have said to theJine " gold, Thou art my confidence, 8$c. this also were " an iniquity to be punished by the...for I " should have denied the God that is above," Job xxxi. 28. David also speaking of the great majesty of Christ's kingdom, says, " The Heavens " shall... | |
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If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above. 
