| Thomas Sherlock - Sermons, English - 1812 - 478 pages
...gods appeafed, who were ever thought concerned in fuch farprifing events. We read in Scripture, that the trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them : and theyfaid unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us, &c. Judges ix. 8. This, I fuppofe, will not be taken... | |
| Thomas Sherlock (bp. of London.) - 1812 - 464 pages
...gods appeafed, who were ever thought concerned in fuch furprifing events. We read in Scripture, that the trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them : and theyfaid unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us, &c. Judges ix. 8. This, I fuppofe, will not be taken... | |
| American periodicals - 1812 - 594 pages
...anoint a king over them, anil they said unto the olive-tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive-tree said unto them, should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honor God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? And the trees said to the fig-tree, Come... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1857 - 1220 pages
...of Gotham, the olive, when appealed to to reign over the trees, is described as saying, — " Shall I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be [Enl. Series.— No. 45, vol. iv.] 8 D promoted over the trees ?" (Judges ix. 9.) and where again it... | |
| Fore-edge painting - 1815 - 706 pages
...and cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken onto you. 8 The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over...they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and... | |
| Ephraim Wood - Society of Friends - 1815 - 384 pages
...lifted up his voice, and cried ; " Harkeu unto me ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them; and they said unto the olive, Ice. Judges 9—7. Reader, I beseech thee, turn to thy Bible, and see the whole chapter. The instruction... | |
| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1816 - 778 pages
...Agra, founded by Acbar ; Should I leave my fatnefs wherewith by me they formerly very magnificent. honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Judges.— By reafon of the fatnefs and heavinefs of the ground, Egypt did not proIt has an ancient... | |
| 1817 - 1082 pages
...II cried, and said unto them, Hearken unto me, ye men of Shechem, that God may hearken unto you. 8 * 9 But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, ™ wherewith by me they honour God... | |
| Thomas Stackhouse - 1817 - 714 pages
...them with delight and pleasure, and remembered them better than any grave or rational discourses. " The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them," (so that anointing was in use two hundred years before the first kings of Israel ) " and they said... | |
| 1818 - 948 pages
...olive-tree, Reign thou over us. 9 But the olive-tree said unto them Should I leave my fatness, wherewith bj ughters of Dan, and his father was a man of Tyre, skilful to wor ? 10 And the trees said to the fig-tree Come thou, and reign over us. 11 But the fig-tree said unto... | |
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