O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely. Jacob Wrestling with the Angel - Page 202by Gottfried Daniel Krummacher - 1841 - 288 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 676 pages
...frequent in their spiritual addresses to him ; sojie speaks to his church ; Cant. ii. 14. 'Oh my dove, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.' And herein also is comprised a due apprehension of the goodness and power of God, whereby he is in... | |
| John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 578 pages
...secret • Rev. viii. 3. ' Hos. vii, 14. Isa. Ixri, 3. Prov. «viit. 9. places of the stairs, let me Bee thy countenance, let me hear thy voice, for sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely.' When the soul on any account, is driven to hide itself, in any neglected condition, in the most unlikely... | |
| 1828 - 1042 pages
...smell. Arise, my love, my nr one, and come away. 14 IT O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be...be quenched. 18 But to the king of Judah which sen 15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. 16... | |
| Esther Copley - Animals in the Bible - 1828 - 464 pages
...Saviour is represented as thus addressing his Church, '" O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely," Cant. ii. 14. .see also, Jer. xlviii. 28. 12. The dove (as has been already intimated) is admired as... | |
| William Jay - Christian life - 1828 - 408 pages
...however poor and despised. He views you with approbation. The prayer of the upright is his delight. " Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." It includes recompence. " He shall reward thee openly." He "never said to the seed of Jacob, seek ye... | |
| William Dodd - 1828 - 522 pages
...am sick of love. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me, &c. O my love, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. — Cant. ii. 2—6. 14. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth ; I sought him, but I... | |
| Clergy - 1830 - 356 pages
...rock and the secret places of the stairs; and when I came to speak on the tatter part of the text, ' Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice...sweet is thy voice and thy countenance is comely,' I was much drawn out, and a small moving ran through the people. In the evening I retired to brother... | |
| Robert Leighton - 1830 - 640 pages
...their prayers, but desirous of them as sweet music. Thus he speaks of both, Cant. ii. 14 : My dove, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice,...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 2. The phrase expresses his good providence and readiness to do them good ; to supply their wants,... | |
| Stephen Higginson Tyng - Meditations - 1832 - 312 pages
...grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. O my dove, thou art in the cliffs of the rocks, in the secret places of the stairs,...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. Come, my chosen, my fair one, my dove, my spouse, and I will receive thee into my throne, for I have... | |
| William Wollaston Pym - Gifts, Spiritual - 1832 - 154 pages
...of Christ, after his appearing, was highly favoured beyond all former days. Her prayer then was, " Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice,...sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely." He was then to her "the chiefest among ten thousand." She rested in his love; and if, at any time,... | |
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