| Willis Harris - Methodist Church - 1821 - 344 pages
...conviction, that " He who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance"— that He with whom " the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as... | |
| North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1843 - 706 pages
...work could have been performed 'only *>y Hip ' who meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended \he dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance.' " In close connexion with this theory of inversion is that of the dolomitization... | |
| Philadelphia Sunday and Adult School Union - 1822 - 156 pages
...work before him. Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the. dust of the earth in a...Behold, the nations are as. a drop of a , bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance: behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.... | |
| Bartholomew Prescot - Astronomy - 1822 - 292 pages
...(saith God by Isaiah,) hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand? and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a...measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?" The advocates for the doctrine of gravity answer, Newton is the man who has 40... | |
| Arminianism - 1813 - 998 pages
...exactness. ' He hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out the heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and tin- hills in a balance,' ls;i\, xl. 12, '• The stately and Lofty mountains, that lift up their heads... | |
| 1847 - 648 pages
...truth, that " a just weight and measure are the Lord's;" that "a just weight is his delight;" that "He comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance." The chemist endeavours to act as the humble and faithful interpreter of the wonders... | |
| Thomas Chalmers - Presbyterian Church - 1822 - 398 pages
...Prov. iii. 19. Who nath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a- measure, and weighed the mountains in a scale, and the hills in a balance. Isa. xl. 12. It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth,... | |
| 1822 - 570 pages
...measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dost of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance !" That these things are spoken of God none can deny; their performance required... | |
| Samuel Clarke - God - 1823 - 478 pages
...xl. 12 : — " Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out Heaven with the span ; and comprehended the dust of the earth in a...in a balance. Behold, the nations are as a drop of the bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance ; behold, he taketh up the isles as a... | |
| 1823 - 406 pages
...the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dnst of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains...Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dnst of the balance : behold, he taketh up the isles as a very little thing.... | |
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