 | Jeremiah Burroughs - 1654 - 168 pages
...then ever thou metft withall here; for after death comes judgement. Amps^.iS. Wee unto you that defire the day of the Lord , to what end is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darkgefie and not light. So I fay, woe to , them that in a froward mood defire the day of the Lord,... | |
 | Thomas Harmer - 1787 - 542 pages
...holes and chinks of the walls of the Eajlern houfes, is fuppofed by the prophet Amos, when he fays, "As if a man " did flee from a lion, and a bear did meet " him ; or went into the houfe, and leaned " his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit " him'."... | |
 | Thomas Secker (abp. of Canterbury.) - 1790 - 336 pages
...afc our own Condemnation; as the Prophet Amos hath moft awfully warned us; Wo unto you that defire the Day of the Lord. To 'what End is it for you ? The Day of the fjord is Darknefs, and not Light c. , To inftruct us therefore, on what it is, that our Share in the... | |
 | Robert Macculloch - 1791 - 750 pages
...judgments. Againft fuch the prophet Amos proclaimed God's righteous vengeance: * Wo unto c you that defire the day of the Lord: to what end * is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darknefs, and * not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a ' bear met him ; or went into the... | |
 | George Stanley Faber - 1801 - 374 pages
...God ; and that a pure religion mould overflow the earth as a mighty ftream. "Wo unto you, that deflre the " day of the Lord ! to what end is it for " you ? The day of the Lord is darknefs, " and not light — even very dark, arid no " brightnefs in it. I hate, I defpife your 1... | |
 | N. NISBETT - 1802 - 314 pages
...compared with our Lord's description of the approach of the destruction of Jerusalem, in Luke xvii. 22. Woe unto you that desire THE DAY OF THE LORD — -to what end is it for you ? THE DAY OF THE LOKD is darkness and not light. . . From these examples, it is abundantly evident, that in the description... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 460 pages
...from one mifchief, while they fiee not to the great rock, they (hall fall into another: Amos, v. i9. "As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him : or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit him." — It imports,... | |
 | Thomas Boston - 1802 - 436 pages
...from God, is but vanity, and cannot deliver ; nay, it expofes them to the way of evil : Amos, v. iy. " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met hint i or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a ferpent bit him." The Jews,... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1806 - 416 pages
...the LORD ; who mock the prophets, and say, vie shall be glad to see the day you threatened us with : to what end [is] it for you ? the day of the LORD [is] darkness, and 19 not light ; it will be very different fnm what you expect. As if a man did flee from a lion, and... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 582 pages
...trade, and practice, is to make common lamentation, shall now mourn in earnest, without a hire. V. 18 Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD ! to...? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light. Woe to those amongst you, that mock at the tidings of this sad day of the Lord ; and scornfully ask,... | |
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Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it for you ? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; Or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit... 
