Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea. Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres - Page 260by Hugh Blair - 1819 - 498 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Gill - 1796 - 570 pages
...unmeasurable; he measures all things, but is measured by none ; who can take his dimensions ? they are as high as heaven, what canst thou do ? deeper than hell, what canst thou know ? If the heavens above cannot be measured, and the foundations of the earth beneath cannot be searched... | |
| Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 308 pages
...mind can conceive, 1--ut which language « too imperfect to express. See', weigh, calculate, It is as high as heaven, what canst thou do? Deeper than hell, what canst thoii know? Canst thou by starching jind out God? Canst thou- find out the Almighty unto perfection... | |
| 1873 - 612 pages
...Canst thou by searching ' find out God? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto ' perfection ? It is as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? ' deeper than hell ; what canst thou know ? ' * ' Would that ' men would meditate upon these three things in themselves, ' viz. Being, Knowing,... | |
| 1803 - 516 pages
...Canst thou by searching find out God ? Canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection ? It is as high as heaven, what canst thou do ? deeper than hell, what canst thou know*?" Sin has fo debafed the mind, and drawn fuch a veil of ignorance over the faculties of the foul, that... | |
| Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 488 pages
...he not prove himself a viin man, knowing nothing ? God, in all respects, and in every view, it " As high as heaven, what canst thou do ? Deeper than hell, " what canst thou know ? The measure thereof is longer than the " earth, and broader than the sea.* Wherefore, my brethren,... | |
| Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - 1803 - 434 pages
...27Canst thou by searching Jind out God ? Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection ? it is as high as heaven what canst thou do ? deeper than hell what canst thou /enow ? Job xi. 7- He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangetk the earth upon nothing.... | |
| Alexander Macwhorter - 1803 - 562 pages
...prove himself a vain man, knowing nothing ? God, in all respects, and in every view, is " As high a: heaven, what canst thou do ? Deeper than hell, " what canst thou know ? The measure thereof is longer than the " earth, and broader than the sea.'* Wherefore, my brethren,... | |
| Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 416 pages
...by searching find out God ? Canst thou find out theAlmighty unto perfection ? It is, («r, he is) as high as heaven ; what canst thou do ? deeper than hell, what canst thou know ? The -measure thereof is longer than the earth, & broader than the sea : " Job xi. 7, 8, 9. Some men... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...is to make a simple proposition : but when we say, " Canst thou, by searching, find out the Lord ? Canst thou, find out the Almighty to perfection ?...style ; the proposition being not only expressed, but with it admiration and astonishment. course without using them often ; nay, there are few sentences... | |
| Lindley Murray - 1805 - 350 pages
...preposition : but when we say, "Canst thou, by searching, find out the Lord ? Canst thou, find cut the Almighty to perfection ? It is high as heaven, what canst thou do ? deeper than hell, what canstthou kr.ow !'' this introduces a figure into style ; the proposition b-ing not only expressed,... | |
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