...of the Lord ftood by." Thefe are words which deferve to be written, to be printed, in a book, to be graven with an iron pen and lead, in the rock for ever : " I know that my" redeemer liveth, and that he (hall ftarjd at the lat'er day upon the earth : and...

...were now written ! oh that they were printed in 2-1 a book ! inscribed m some durable substance :* That they were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! alluding 25 to the custom of putting inscriptions on z'on's or roc/fit. For I know [that] my Redeemer...

...oh that. they were printed in 24 a book ! intcribed on fame durable substance :• That they vrere graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! ailuding 25 to the custom of putting inscriptions on s'oties or rocks. For I know [that] my Redeemer...

...ungodly sinners have " spoken against him.1 " That profession, which Job ardently wished might be " graven with an " iron pen and lead in the rock for ever," seems to have had as much respect to the second coming of the Lord, as to his first appearance in our...

...required, demands for it attention of mankind, when he exclaims, " Oh that my words were now written, that " they were printed in a book, that they " were...in the rock for ever. For I know that my " Redeemer livethj and that he shall stand " at the latter day upon the earth ; and " though after my skin worms...

...linen and wax. The former of these customs we trace in Job's wish, 0 that my words were now written ! O that they were printed in a book ! that they were...graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever ! There is a way of writing in the East, which is designed to fix words on the memory, but the writing...

...sufficient to engage Job to use this expression, O that my words were written ? that they were recorded in a book ! that they were graven with an iron pen, and' incrustated with some durable 'plaster, after the manner of the Egyptians, whose memorials are supposed...

...often made might remain upon record, and be registered in the public acts and monuments ! Ver. 24. That they "were graven with an iron pen and lead in the rock for ever !] May they be graven upon a plate of lead with an- iron pen ; nay, cut into a rock or marble pillar,...

...rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. •Он that my words were now written ! Oh that they were printed in a book ! that they were...rock for ever ! For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day on the earth : and though after my skin worms destroy this...

...engraving and book. making were known in those days; for he says, Oh that my words tvere now written ! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen [the stylumj and iead^ in the rock for ever! The Greeks had many authors before the time of Homer,...