| Stephen Charnock - 1699 - 226 Seiten
...a rock, and bursts itself; and is not this the highest piece of madness? Woe unto him that strives with his Maker ; let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth, Isa. 45. 9- Dost thou fight against the Roek of ages? It will rather blunt thy weapon than be hurt... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 268 Seiten
...which we are not competent to understand, without much higher degrees of knowledge and capacity. " Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the...with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say unto him thatfashioneth him, What maketh thou ? or thy work, He hath no hands?" If we make the question,... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 520 Seiten
...earthen vessel, have dared to find fault and quarrel with God. Isa. xlv. 9. " Wo to him that strives with his maker. Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth : Shall the clay say to hi,n that fashioneth it, What makest thou ?" But yet you have ventured to do it. Rom. ix. 20. "Who... | |
| Jonathan Edwards - 1809 - 578 Seiten
...earthen vessel, hare dared to find fault and quarrel with God. Isa. xlv. 9. " Wo to him that strives with his maker. , Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth : Shall the clay »y to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ?" But yet you have ventured to do it. Rom. ix. 20.... | |
| Thomas Williams - 1810 - 244 Seiten
...do all these things." He also says, " Wo unto him that striveth with his maker ! Let the potsherds strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that faslv ioneth it, What makest thou ? or thy work, he hath no hands ? Wo unto him that saith unto his... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 558 Seiten
...poetical accounts of heathen divinity. " Let the potsherdi shire with the potsherds of the earth ; hut shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou ? He hids the heavens drop down from ahove, and let the skies pour down righteousness. He commands... | |
| Joseph Bellamy - 1811 - 556 Seiten
...reply, pray suffer me, without offence, to desire you to read, Jsai. xlv. 9. Wo unto him that strivtth with his Maker. Let the, potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. It may do, sometimes, my friend, for worms of the dust to find fault with the works and ways of their... | |
| Francis Gastrell - 1812 - 378 Seiten
...iniquity ; nor choose this rather than affliction. (z) \Vo unto him that striveth with his Makeir. Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth : Shall the clay say unto him that fashioned it, What makest thou ? HONOUR and WORSHIP. In General. (n) Give unto the Lord... | |
| Richard Baxter - 1817 - 510 Seiten
...contemptible,' they durst say, ' wherein have we polluted thee ;' but ' woe unto him,' saith the Lord, ' that striveth with his Maker ! Let the potsherd strive...clay say to him that fashioneth it, what makest thou '.•" But why is it that God will reason the case with man ? Because that man, being a reasonable... | |
| Seth Williston - 1817 - 284 Seiten
...him into existence such a child ; or the thing formed complain of its former for making it thus. " Wo unto him that striveth with his maker : let the potsherd...shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makestthou ! or thy work. He hath no hands ? Wo unto him that saith unto hit father, What begettest... | |
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