 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.  The life of William Dewsbury [ed. by J. Barclay]. - Page 21by Edward Smith - 1836 - 323 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hugh Blair, James Finlayson - Sermons - 1822
...against God. He saith, by the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom, for I am prudent. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? All things, whether they will it or not, must work together for good to them that love God. The wrath... | |
 | Daniel Waterland - Apologetics - 1823
...ty) of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the " glory of his high looks'1." " Shall the ax boast itself " against him that heweth therewith ?...the saw " magnify itself against him that shaketh it ' ?" The Prophet here compares the proud Assyrian to an ax, or a saw, in the hand of a workman : and... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1824
...king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks. Shall the axe boast itself against him thatheweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? As if the rod should shake itself against him that lifteth it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825
...I gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as... | |
 | Going - 1825
...acknowledgment, that it becomes not the thing formed to say unto him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus ? Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...magnify itself against him that shaketh it ; as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up ; or, as if the rod should lift up itself as if... | |
 | Hugh McNeile - Sermons, English - 1825 - 80 pages
...repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, why hast thou made me thus?"* " Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth...therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shakethit?"t I pretend not, my dear friends, to present these various statements in any such consistent... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825
...gloryas if thou hiubt not received it? 1 Cor iv. 7. Shall the axe boast itself againsi him that hewclh therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it '. as if the rod should shake ¡fs?(/";igainst them thatlift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as... | |
 | Augustus Toplady - 1825
...hammer ! Arminianism does that, which God, by the prophet, satirises in the following lively terms : Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall a saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it ? As if the rod should shake itself against them that... | |
 | George Townsend - 1826
...the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15 Shall the ax boast itself against him that heweth therewith ? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that )orfV*£u° shaketh it ? § as if the rod should shake itself against them J£.AT/*TOI that lift it... | |
 | 1828 - 1033 pages
...gathered all the earth ; and there was none that moved the wing, or opened the mouth, or peeped. 15 put a trumpet in every man's hand, with empty pitchers,...pitchers. 17 And he said unto them, Look on me, and do rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, & {/"... | |
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