 | 742 pagine
...him as the apple of his eye. " As an eagle ftirreth up her neft, fluttereth over her young, fpreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her..."So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no ftrange God with him. Deut. xxxii. ver. 9, 10, ri, ta." The reafon why eagles, who have not the fibres... | |
 | Francis Randolph - 1800 - 256 pagine
...— The LORD'S portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. He found him in a desart land, and in the waste howling wilderness : He led...her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, and beareth them on her wings, so the LORD alone did lend him, and there was no strange god with him.... | |
 | British essayists - 1802 - 330 pagine
...torches. How amiably is the tenderness and soli.t citude of GOD for his favourites expressed! ' As the eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young,...beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !' On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described; ' I will be unto them as a... | |
 | 1803 - 240 pagine
...torches. How amiably is the tenderness and solicitude of Cod for his favourites expressed ! " As the eagle stirreth up " her nest, fluttereth over her...beareth them " on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !" On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described; "I will be unto them as a lion,... | |
 | Job Orton - 1805 - 430 pagine
...inheritance ;• they are his sfiecial care, Ms fiecuKar 10 fieofile, and have distinguished privileges. He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling...instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye; he found him in a place destitute of convenience and comfortt amidst the howling of birds and beasts... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 428 pagine
...eye, the tenderest and most useful fiart : and this he illustrates by a most \ 1 beautiful image ; As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings ; as an eagle forces her young ones from the nest, teaching them how to fly, and carries them on her... | |
 | 530 pagine
...wilderness. " He found him in a desert land, and in a waste howling wilderness ; he led him ab»ut, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his...an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her yonng, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : so the Lord alone did lead... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 334 pagine
...and solicitude of GOD for his favourites expressed ! ' As the eagle stirreth up her nest, flutteretl! over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh...beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead them !' On the other hand, how dreadfully is his indignation described ; ' I will be unto them as a... | |
 | Charles Simeon - 1810 - 528 pagine
...catches them on her wings, a«id carries them back to their nest. In reference to this it is added, " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead him." Can any thing present a more beautiful idea to the mind? Can any image whatever more forcibly impress... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 438 pagine
...to teach them how to fly; and then compares it to the tender care and love of God to his people. " As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over...them on her wings ; so the Lord alone did lead him [Jacob], and there was no strange God with him. He made him ride on the high places of the earth,"... | |
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He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. 
