 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out...  An Abridgement of Lectures on Rhetoric - Page 222by Hugh Blair - 1813 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Bishop - New England - 1703 - 598 pages
...justices, &c., may rule in il and with it (as they come to take heed to it) over evil-doers; for "he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.''' Cotton Mather. — "I appeal to all the reasonable part of mankind, whether the infant colonies of... | |
 | Jesus Christ, John Henderson Thomson - Christian martyrs - 1871 - 720 pages
...and not the law him ; which is not according to the Word of God, as it is in 2 Sam. xxiii. 3, ' He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.' Even against that tyrant, and all upholders, aiders, assisters, and maintainers of him. Oh ! what will... | |
 | Charles Wheatly - 1746 - 456 pages
...me, and his Word was in my Tongue : The GOD of Ifrael /aid, the Rock of Ifrael Jpake to me, — HE THAT RULETH OVER MEN, MUST BE JUST, RULING IN THE FEAR OF GoD, 2 Sam. xxiii. i — 3. A Mafltim which Jeho/haphat, one of thofe few of David's Succeflbrs that walked... | |
 | John Gill - Theology, Doctrinal - 1796 - 550 pages
...for it. David who well knew what was requisite to a civil ruler, or governor, says, He that rufet h over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God; and this he said with a view to the Messiah, as appears by what follows, 2 Sam. xxiii. 3, 4. and with whom... | |
 | Anne Pratt - Wild flowers - 1799 - 200 pages
...appropriateness of the beautiful simile of the psalmist, when he spoke of the " Hope of Israel:" " He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain." * " He shall... | |
 | 1804 - 498 pages
...high and important office of ruling over men, must be just, ruling in the fear or reverential regard of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; ie he shall be discerning, wise, merciful and prosperous : Net as the darkness and inclemency... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 676 pages
...drawn by Davidf in those last words of his, which many suppose ultimately to refer to the Messiah, He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even as a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clearshining after... | |
 | Philip Doddridge - Theology - 1803 - 666 pages
...drawn by Davidf in those last words of his, which many suppose ultimately to refer to the Messiah, lie shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even as a morning without clouds ; as /he tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after... | |
 | William Giles - Christian life - 1804 - 280 pages
...is but a kind prelude to that lucid interval when Jesus, the sun of righteousness, shall arise, and be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even amorning without clouds. The soul, emerg'd from nature's night, Shall view the dawning ray, With splendid... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...absente for a season, and tees him between the clouds.] He that ruleth over men must be just: — and be shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds. II. Sam. xxiii. 3. Blair observes, that this is one of the most regular, and formal comparisons... | |
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