 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.  Paraphrases on hard texts - Page 372by Joseph Hall - 1808Full view - About this book
 | John Everitt Good - Sermon on the mount - 1829 - 692 pages
...Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off."* So also it is promised : " For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood... | |
 | Morning watch - 1830 - 814 pages
...mountain, saith the Lord" (Isa. Ixv. 25; xi. 4, 6, 10); " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...for an everlasting sign, that shall not be cut off" (Isa. Iv. 1 3). — Most of these positions -are stated explicitly in the different writings of the... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 604 pages
...vale for abundance." Agreeable to Isai. Iv. 13. - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree,...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." Chap. xli. 19. " I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle and the... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 574 pages
...vale for abundance." Agreeable to Isai. lv. 13. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree,...for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." Chap. xli. 19. " I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle and the... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1830 - 574 pages
...vale for abundance." Agreeable to Isai. Iv. 13. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree,...name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut oft." Chap. xli. 19. " I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shit tah-lree, and the myrtle... | |
 | William Jay - Families - 1833 - 518 pages
..."Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the l.ord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." To one of these remarkable changee we are referred by the words we have read. It took place in Saul... | |
 | 1832 - 488 pages
...the thorn shall come * up the fir tree, and instead of the ' brier shall come up the myrtle ' tree : and it shall be to the Lord ' for a name, for an everlasting sign ' that shall not cut ofF."e In his sermon on the mount, our Saviour uses very remarkable language, which may be applied... | |
 | William Jay - Calendars - 1832 - 704 pages
..."Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God." " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree...name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut oE" " The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid." " The... | |
 | James Crabb - 1832 - 216 pages
...Instead of the thorn shall come tip the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. The children are sent to school ; one young man is learning to be a coach wheelwright. This youth has... | |
 | British preacher - 1832 - 342 pages
...thorn shall come up the fir tree, VOL. III. F and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off." That success has attended the preaching of the gospel has been confirmed by the experience of ages... | |
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