 | John Allen - 1816 - 726 sidor
...applied to Christ, and may be read, 'There shall be a ruler among men.' See Isaiah xi. 1 — 5. Ver. 4. "And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth."] — That is, the Lord Jesus, in his person, glory, faithfulness, offices, and love, shall be likethe... | |
 | William Beveridge (bp. of st. Asaph.) - 1816 - 436 sidor
...that giveth light unto the worf^. There shall come a star out of Jacob, said Balaam, Numb. xxiv. 7. and he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, saith David, 2 Sam. xxiii. 4. And the prophet Isaiah, speaking of his coming, saith, The people that... | |
 | Cotton Mather - 1816 - 194 sidor
...were come, when there shall be a ruler over men, the Just One, thy Jesus, ruling in the fear of God; he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth: under him the mountains ^ shall bring peace to the people, and the little hills by righteousness. Hasten... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1817 - 616 sidor
...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,...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. And therefore, when a people are bereaved of them, they sustain an unspeakable loss, and are the subjects... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1817 - 516 sidor
...called the last words of David, recorded in the 2d hook of Samuel : (rxiii. 3.) " He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and...shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riscth ; even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth, by clear shining... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 578 sidor
...word was in my tongue. 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...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 2 Sam. xxiii. 2 — 4. To possess this beneficent influence ; like this glorious luminary, to diffuse... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - 300 sidor
...generally short, touching only one point of resemblance. Such is the following ; " He that rulelh over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God; and...springing out of the earth by clear shining, after rain."' "'^Allegory is likewise frequency employed in the sacred books ; \and a fine instance of this occurs... | |
 | 1818 - 948 sidor
...just, ruling in the fear ol God. 4 And he shall be as Ihe light of the morning when the sun riscth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining alter rain. 6 Although my house be not sowith God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,... | |
 | Hugh Blair - 1818 - 428 sidor
...is unmixed and pure. It is a lustre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened in Scripture, to the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; to the light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day\-. Whereas the honours which the world... | |
 | George Horne, William Jones - 1818 - 550 sidor
...7. In the last words of David, the reign of Messiah is described under this figure : " He shall be as the tender grass, springing out of " the earth by clear shining- after rain." I cannot help subjoining bishop Sherlock's masterly illustration of this passage — "There cannot... | |
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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 of the earth by clear shining after rain. 
