 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 Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric - Page 253by Hugh Blair - 1808 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 498 pages
...and pure. It is a lustre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened, in Scripture, to the tight of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning 'without clouds ; to the light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. t Whereas the honours which the world... | |
 | Giles Gossip - Coronations - 1823 - 354 pages
...the pulpit. His text was the 23d chapter of the Second Book of Samuel, and the 3d and 4th verses. " He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the...when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds." Such, observed his Grace, were the words of a pious Prince, whose opinions had been matured by experience.... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1823 - 578 pages
...spake by me ; and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said. the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the...he shall be as the light of the morning, when the run riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass, springing out of the earth by clear... | |
 | Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends - 1890 - 994 pages
...as rigidly as they do those against other crimes, ever remembering the Scripture injunction, that " he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God." REPORT OF THE BOOK COMMITTEE. To the Meeting for Sufferings : During the year ending Third Month 31st,... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - Theology - 1824 - 566 pages
...spake by me ; and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the...even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springeth out of the earth by clear shining after rain,' 2 Sam. xxiii. 2 — 4. To possess this beneficent... | |
 | Martin Luther - Lutheran Church - 1824 - 588 pages
...tongue. The God of Israel said, the the Rock of Israel ^pake to me: he that is a just ruler among men, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sup ariseth, even as a morning without clouds; when the tender grass springeth out of the earth by... | |
 | Ray Potter - Religion - 1824 - 468 pages
...spake by me, and his word was on my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake by me. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be like the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing... | |
 | Samuel Stennett - Baptists - 1824 - 570 pages
...his life, for the instruction of Solomon, was that by whkh he always regulated his own practice. — He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God b. Nor was his justice so severe and unrelenting, as not to admit of the exercise of tenderness and... | |
 | 1824 - 172 pages
...xxi«. s. by me, and his word was in my tongue. 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." This being, therefore, the true object of all governments, it is in accordance with the Mosaic law,... | |
 | Cotton Mather - Christian life - 1824 - 156 pages
...were come, when there shall be a ruler over men, the Just One, thy Jesus, ruling in the fear of God ; he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth ; under him the mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills by righteousness. Hasten... | |
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