 Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.  The Works ... - Page 90by William Smith - 1803Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Hunter - Agriculture - 1803 - 590 pages
...rational. In the sacred history we are told, that the Slork in the heavens knmceth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their comings and we are reminded that the leafing of the fig-tree usually determines the approach of summer.... | |
 | 1810 - 544 pages
...(ht/Oreator and the littleness of man. Yea, the stork iu the Heavens knoweih her appointed times>; and (he turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the...coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord. Tell me, ye sages,, who pretend to penetrate mto the secrets of nature, how the bee can traverse the... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 474 pages
...without considering or fearing his danger. Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; they return in the summer to their former abodes ; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 562 pages
...actions and their use ! The stork in the heaven, saith thy prophet Jeremy, knmceth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; Jer. viii. 1. Who have seen the stork *, before the calends of August; or a swallow, in the winter?... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - Calendars - 1808 - 300 pages
...know the exact period when they are to remove. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming." (Jer. viii. 7.) No doubt, some variation in the temperature of the air, and their natural instinct... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 524 pages
...that have no understanding." Jcr. viii. 7. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." These things are often mentioned in scripture, as evidences of extreme folly and stupidity, wherein... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Sin, Original - 1808 - 402 pages
...that have no understanding." Jer. viii. 7. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." These things are often mentioned in scripture, as evidences of extreme folly and stupidity, wherein... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1809 - 542 pages
...that have no understanding." Jer. viii. 7. " The stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe...but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." These things are often mentioned in scripture, as evidences of extreme folly and stupidity, wherein... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - Natural theology - 1809 - 428 pages
...exactly the time when they ought to return. " The stot'k in the heavens knoweth her appointed time ; and the turtle, and the crane, and. the swallow, observe the time of their coming.', Undoubtedly the temperature of the air, in respect to heat pod cold, and the natural inclination of... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1832 - 626 pages
...beautifully and wisely directed, — ' Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming.' It is evident, that of all natural ngents climate is the most powerful in changing and modifying the... | |
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