 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...  The Port Folio - Page 3511821Full view - About this book
 | William Giles - 1804 - 280 pages
...is but a kind prelude to that lucid interval when Jesus, the sun of righteousness, shall arise, and be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even amorning without clouds. The soul, emerg'd from nature's night, Shall view the dawning ray, With splendid... | |
 | John Mitchell - 1805 - 260 pages
...delineation of David still more exactly than the benign administration of one man could accomplish, and be " as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...even a morning without clouds, as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after the rain." There are several circumstances which... | |
 | Ossian - 1805 - 648 pages
...absente for a season, and tees him between the clouds.] He that ruleth over men must be just: — and be shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds. II. Sam. xxiii. 3. Blair observes, that this is one of the most regular, and formal comparisons in... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 534 pages
...and expectation at the jirosjiect before him. 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 ; or, as it should be rtndered, Thejutt one ruling over men, he ruleth in the fear of 4 God. And [he... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1807 - 402 pages
...people, in what are called the last words of David, recorded in the 2d book of Samuel : (xxiii. 3.) " He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the...springeth out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." This is one of the most regular and formal comparisons in the sacred books. Allegory, likewise, is... | |
 | Hugh Gaston - 1807 - 550 pages
...words of this Uv and these statutes to do them. \\-\-. 15, 16, 17, 20. Josh. i. 8. 2 Sam. xxiii. 3. He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 2 Chron. xix. 6, 7, 9. Neh. v. 9. Ought ye not to walk in the fear of God ? Ps. ii. 10. Be wise, ye... | |
 | 1807 - 682 pages
...republican governments. In public elections preference should always be given to religtoui characters. " He that ruleth over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of (Jod." If the open enemies of religion should ever become administrators of our government, we should... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1808 - 330 pages
...sacred .poets, are generally short, touching only one point of resemblance. Such is the following : " He that ruleth over men, " must be just, ruling in...even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass " springmg out of the earth by clear shining after « rain." s Allegory is likewise frequently employed... | |
 | John Watkins - 1809 - 454 pages
...of David the same truth forms his great consolation, " there shall be - a righteous ruler over men, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the...springeth out of the earth by clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 554 pages
...been described, will be like the Son of the Most High, vehicles of good to mankind, and like him, will be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...even a morning without clouds, as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. And therefore, when a people are bereaved... | |
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