 And the bramble said unto the trees, ' If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.  The rational primer; or, First reader - Page 62by John Relly Beard - 1860 - 171 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Blackwell - Mythology - 1748 - 456 pages
...Shall I leave my Wine, * which cheereth God and Man, and go to be ' promoted over the Trees ? Then faid all the * Trees unto the Bramble, Come thou and reign * over us. And the Bramble faid unto the Trees, * If in truth you anoint me King over you, then c come and put your truft in my... | |
 | William Warburton - Bible - 1765 - 498 pages
...I leave my wine, which cheareth " God, and man, and go to be promoted over the *' trees ? Then faid all the trees unto the bramble, " Come thou and reign over us. And the bramble " faid unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me " king over you, then come and put your truft " in... | |
 | Robert Dodsley, Aesop - Fables - 1765 - 400 pages
...king of the trees ? we are happy in our prefent lot : -feek fome other to reign over you. Then faid all the trees unto the Bramble, Come thou and reign over us. And the Bramble faid unto them, I will be your king ; come ye all under myfhadow, and be fafe ; obey me, and I will... | |
 | Baldwin Janson - Dutch language - 1792 - 248 pages
...king of the trees? we are happy in out prefent lot: f eek f ome other to reign over you, — Then faid all the trees unto the Bramble, Come thou, and. reign over us. And the Bramble faid unto them, I will be your king ,• come ye all under my Jbadow, and be fafe ; obey me, and I... | |
 | George Bennet - Intermediate state - 1800 - 442 pages
...power and protection. To trust in the shadow of Egypt, means to rely on the protection of Pharoah. " If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in the shadow of my wings," were the words of the bramble to the trees, which had assembled to elect a... | |
 | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - Bible - 1805 - 428 pages
...w:is useful to man in food and medicine. leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be 14 promoted over the trees ?* Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou [and] reign over us. The bramble, or thistle, was like Abimelech, a worthless, troublesome thing, Jit only to be burned... | |
 | Job Orton - Bible - 1805 - 430 pages
...and medicine. leave roy vine, which cheereth Gad and man, and go to be li promoted over the trees ?s Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou [and] reign over «s. The bramUe, or thistle, wax like MimelecH, a worthless, troublesome thing, JU only to be burned... | |
 | Ezra Sampson - 1806 - 340 pages
...Should I leave my wine which cheereth every one,*nd go to be promoted over the trees ? 7. ...Then faid all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. Aad the bramble faid unto the trees, if in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come, and put your... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 512 pages
...entire subjection, submission and obedience. So much the phrase plainly implies ; Judges ix. 15. • " And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye...over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow ; ami, if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon." We have an account... | |
 | Aesop, Robert Dodsley - Conduct of life - 1809 - 316 pages
...king of the trees ? we are happy in our prefent lot : feek fome other to reign over you. Then faid all the trees unto the Bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the Bramble faid unto them, I will be your king ; come ye all under my fhadow, and be fafe ; obey me, and I will... | |
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