| John Cox - 1839 - 170 Seiten
...occurrences, the mysterious visitant bore testimony to the utter nothingness and entire sinfulness of man. " Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of...there was silence, and I heard a voice, saying, shall mortal man be more just than God-? Shall a man be more pure than his maker ? Behold, he put no trust... | |
| Gardiner Spring - 1839 - 432 Seiten
...the Lamentations of Jeremiah ? Where, in ancient, or modern poetry is there a passage like this ? " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...passed before my face: the hair of my flesh stood up.—It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof. An image was before mine eyes. There... | |
| Hugh Blair - 1839 - 702 Seiten
...passage of the book of Job : " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep fsJleth upon men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still ; but I conld not discern the form thereof ; an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence ; and I heard... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1839 - 532 Seiten
...and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face. The "Part V. hair of my flesh stood up. It stood still, but I could...mine eyes ; there was silence ; and I heard a voice, — Shall mortal man be more just than God? We are first prepared with the utmost solemnity for the... | |
| George Willson - 1840 - 298 Seiten
...scroll, when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places. : (m) In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep...was silence, and I heard a voice, saying — Shall mortal man be more just than God? Shall a man be more pure than his Maker ? General Pitch. Every person,... | |
| Alexander Jamieson - 1840 - 314 Seiten
...passage of the Book of Job : " In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made...not discern the form thereof: an image was before my eyes; there was silence ; and I heard a voice — Shall mortal man be more just than God ?"« Scholium.... | |
| Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 420 Seiten
...description of an apparition in the very manner we are just now discoursing .about it, Job iv. 15, 16: Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of...mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice. Eliphaz was a man of sense, he was not deluded to speak of things not in being ; he saw an apparition,... | |
| Amaranth - 1840 - 270 Seiten
...GOD. No. I. THE effect of indistinctness rousing the imagination, is finely depicted in Job iv. 14. "Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all...still, but I could not discern the form thereof." The senses in this description are but slightly affected. The eye could not discern any specific form... | |
| Walter Scott - 1841 - 456 Seiten
...secretly brought to me, and mine ears received a little thereof. In thoughts from the visions of ihe night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon...mine eyes; there was silence, and I heard a voice." From these sublime and decisive authorities it is evident that the exhibition of supernatural appearances... | |
| Orville Dewey - 1841 - 312 Seiten
...JOB IV. 12 — 16. NOW A THING WAS SECRETLY BROUGHT TO ME, AND MINE EAR RECEIVED A LITTLE THEREOF. IN THOUGHTS FROM THE VISIONS OF THE NIGHT, WHEN DEEP...BONES TO SHAKE. THEN A SPIRIT PASSED BEFORE MY FACE, AND THE HAIR OF MY FLESH STOOD UP. IT STOOD STILL ; BUT I COULD NOT DISCERN THE FORM THEREOF ; AN IMAGE... | |
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