 He strengthened the fountains of the deep : when He gave to the sea His decree, that the waters should not pass His commandment : when He appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by Him, as one brought up with Him ; and I was daily His delight,...  Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel - Page 404by John Flavel - 1799Full view - About this book
 | 1817 - 436 pages
...viii. 22. &c. "The Lord possessed me in the beginning, &c. — then I was by him as one brought «p with him ; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him— and my delights were with the sons of men." About thirty pages of his book are takeu up in accommodating... | |
 | James Gray - Body of Christ - 1817 - 170 pages
...decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment : when he appointed the foundations of the earth, then was I by him, as one brought up with him : and...rejoicing always before him : rejoicing in the habitable parts of his earth : and my delights were with the sons of men. Now therefore) hearken unto me, 0 ye... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...delight and blessedness in that enjoyment; as he declares of himself in Prov. viii. 30. " Then I was by him, as one brought up with him ; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him." And when Christ ascended to the Father after his passion, he went to him, to the enjoyment of the same... | |
 | William Barlass, Peter Wilson - Sermons, English - 1818 - 688 pages
...Maters should not pass his commandment : when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him ; and I was daily...rejoicing always before him : rejoicing in the habitable parts of his earth, and nay delights were with the sons of men." The Father gave the highest evidence... | |
 | Theology - 1818 - 596 pages
...a covenant head, as Dr. Gray correctly reads it,) from everlasting, from the beginning." " I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his...rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable parts of the earth; and my delights were with the sons of men." Prov. viii. 22, 23; 30, 31. " God hath... | |
 | James Ferguson - English essays - 1819 - 334 pages
...instruments ? waters should not pass his commandments, when he appointed the foundations of the earth, then was I by him as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, playing always before him.' 'Where, Terentianus, shall we find eur Minerva, speaking with such dignity... | |
 | George Lawson - Bible - 1821 - 480 pages
...when we hear him declaring his infinite happiness in the bosom of his Father. Ver. 30. Then I was by him, as one brought up with him ; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him. The blessedness of rational creatures lies in their fellowship with God. Those are blessed whom God... | |
 | Hosea Ballou - 1822 - 362 pages
...God." And is not this the wisdom of God which speaks in the 8th of Proverbs, saying, "Then I was by him, as one brought up with him ; and I was daily...rejoicing always before him : rejoicing in the habitable parts of his earth: and my delights were with the sons of men." If any change had taken place in the... | |
 | David Brainerd - Indians of North America - 1822 - 616 pages
...delight and blessedness in that enjoyment ; as he declares of himself in Prov. viii. 30. "Then I was by him, as one brought up with him : and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.** When Christ ascended to the Father nfter his passion, he went to the enjoyment of the same glory and... | |
 | Shakers - 1823 - 346 pages
...that the " waters should not pass his commandment : when he appointed " the foundations of the earth : then was I by him, as one brought " up with him ; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always be" fore him." And again : " Her ways are ways of pleasantness, " and all her paths are peace. She... | |
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