 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 pages
...for neglecting the Time of their Vifitation. Jer. viii. 7. Tea the • Stork in the Heaven knoweth her appointed Times, and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow obferve the Time of their coming ; but my People know not the Judgment of the Lord. And fo our Saviour, in the next Chapter, fends us... | |
 | John Milton - 1745 - 484 pages
...of coming and going from one Country to another, Jer. 8. 7. " Yea, the Stork in the Heaven knoweth her appointed Times, and the Turtle, and the Crane,...and the Swallow obferve the Time of their coming.'' It is a Bird with a very long Bill, Neck and Legs ; fometimes weighing 10 Pounds ; and is a. Water... | |
 | William Derham - God - 1754 - 506 pages
...mention'd Jer. viii. 7. Tea, the Storkin the Heaven knoweth her appointed Times, and the ^Turtle, and and the Crane, and the Swallow obferve the Time of their Coming; but my People, &c. In which Aft of Migration, there are two Things to me exceedingly notable. One is... | |
 | 1755 - 478 pages
...Effect of a wonderful Inftin& in fome Families of the feathered Tribe. The Stork in the Heaven iwivcth her appointed Times, and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow obferve the Times of their Coming. Jer. viii. 7. But can •we think, or fay, they go, and come, at proper and... | |
 | Thomas Stackhouse - Christian life - 1760 - 370 pages
...their Kinds, and the wonderful Inftinc~t o£ their Natures ; how the Stork knoweth her appointed Time, and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow obferve the Time of their Coming ; and, hy thefe Things, that are made and vifible, the irevifible Things of God, ie his eternal Power,... | |
 | George Fothergill - Sermons, English - 1765 - 466 pages
...turned to his Courfe, as the Horfe rufheth into the Battle. Even the Stork in the Heaven knoweth his appointed Times, and the 'Turtle and the Crane and the Swallow obferve the Time of their Coming ; but my People know not the Judgment of the LoRD. A dangerous Symptom This ; and utterly unworthy... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Sin, Original - 1766 - 506 pages
...like the Horfe and Mule, that have no Underftanding. — Jer. viii. 7. The Stork in the Heaven knoweth her appointed Times ; and the Turtle, and the Crane,...and the Swallow, obferve the Time of their Coming : But my People know not the Judgment of the Lord. Thefe Things are often mentioned in Scripture, as... | |
 | George Edwards - Natural history - 1770 - 286 pages
...obferved by the prophet, as a remarkable inftance of inftinft, " That the Stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the Turtle, and the Crane,...and the Swallow, obferve the time of their coming." " This, fays Mr. Chambers, is a curious article in natural hiftory, and furnifhes a notable inftance... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pages
...man repents of his wickedness, saying, •what have I done ? Yea, the stork in the heavens knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord." " When the judgments... | |
 | 1898 - 584 pages
...men from the earliest times. The prophet Jeremiah observed that ' the stork in the heaven ' knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle and the crane ' and the swallow observe the timo of their coaling.' Every spring the London ornithologist looks out for the coming... | |
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Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD. 
