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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. "
The Edinburgh encyclopaedia, conducted by D. Brewster - Page 101
by Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830
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The Philosophical Grammar: Being a View of the Present State of Experiment ...

Benjamin Martin - 1735 - 412 pages
...15. The Migration of Birds is an Inftance of great Amazement : The Stork in the Heaven knoweth H'7^, her appointed 'Times, and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swallow, obferve the Time of their Coming, faith God himfelf, Jer. viii. j. What ftrange Inftin<ft fhould induce...
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Our Saviour's divine sermon on the mount ... explained ... in ..., Volume 2

James Blair - 1740 - 476 pages
...Birds and Fowls, to reprehend Ifrael 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,...
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The State of Innocence, and the Fall of Man

John Milton - 1745 - 484 pages
...Prophet, for her obferving tne fit Time 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...
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General Magazine of Arts and Sciences, Philosophical, Philological ...

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...
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Sermons on Several Subjects and Occasions: In Two Volumes. By George ...

George Fothergill - 1765 - 466 pages
...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 of fuch Creatures, as ought to be twifer than the Fowls...
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The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended: Evidences of Its ...

Jonathan Edwards - 1766 - 506 pages
...do they underftand : They are 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...
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Theron and Aspasio: Or, A Series of Dialogues and Letters, Upon ..., Volume 2

James Hervey - 1767 - 464 pages
...extraordinary, they always find the readieft Way, and the fhortefl Cut. Afy. The Stark in the Heavens knoweth her appointed Times : and the Turtle, and the Crane, and the Swdinv, obferve the Time of their Coming .- but my Pcoflc Inovj not the Judgment of their GOD f. The...
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Discourses on various subjects, Volume 2

John Leland - 1769 - 554 pages
...on high ; from whence Jhefeeketh her Prey, and her Eyes behold it afar off. Job xxxix. 26, 27, 29. The Stork in the Heaven kno~weth her appointed Times; and the Turtle, the Crane, and the Swallow, and other Birds of Paflage, obferve the Time of their coming. Jer. vizi....
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Essays Upon Natural History, and Other Miscellaneous Subjects,

George Edwards - 1770 - 286 pages
...what is 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,...
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A Dissertation on the Duty of Mercy and Sin of Cruely to Brute Animals

Humphrey Primatt - 1776 - 354 pages
...(Pfa. xlix. 20.) MAN that is in appointed times; and the TURTLE, and the CRJNE, and the SWALLOW o^ftrve the time of their coming: *but my People know not the judgment of the LORD. 7 honour, honour ; and underjlandeth not^ is like the BEASTS that perijh. .» -^fc. But let us have...
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