 | John Mason Good - 1826
...laws of nature referred to, and to understand it by their operations. Nor is it more derogatory to Him with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years, to suppose that He allotted six hundred or six thousand years to the completion of his design, than... | |
 | Richard Polwhele - 1826 - 478 pages
...through the express inspiration of that God who knoweth what shall come to pass in all ages, and to whom " a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years ! " Of this description I have numerous " Hints" or " Outlines." They are not, however, calculated... | |
 | William Bruce - 1826 - 466 pages
...revelation, and living in expectation of the Messiah. Such a choice of time could be made by him alone, " with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand 3 G years; who sees the end from the beginning, and from ancient times, the things that are not yet... | |
 | William Bruce - 1826 - 435 pages
...revelation, and living in expectation of the Messiah. Such a choice of time could be made by him alone, " with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand s G years ; who sees the end from the beginning, ami from ancient times, the things that are not yet... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1826 - 586 pages
...Whereas the past, the present, and the future are one and the same to our Almighty Creator. With Him a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years. Such, nevertheless, are the pride and presumption of man, that he aims at being wise, above what is... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 666 pages
...ages upon millions of ages, we have not added one day, one hour, one instant to the duration of God, with whom ' a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years.' Canst thou by searching tind out his knowledge ? Explain to us the wisdom of an Intelligence, who comprehended... | |
 | 1827 - 600 pages
...shortly ' be completed, is not consistent with matter of fact. It is true, ' that, to the Almighty, a thousand years are as one day, and ' one day as a thousand years ; but, if we therefore explain the ' term " shortly" as denoting a period longer than that which '... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 242 pages
...prosperity, is cut short at a hundred and ten. But the difference dwindles into mere nothing before Him, with whom " a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years." Grief has its cure, usefulness its period, glory its decay, and pride its destroyer in the grave. As... | |
 | Henry Hunter - 1828 - 336 pages
...whose existence was before time began to flow, and runneth through the whole extent of its duration ; with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years; who measureth the lapse of moments and of ages by a standard unalterable as the ordinances of heaven,... | |
 | Robert Bakewell - 1828 - 610 pages
...changes may appear of almost inconceivable duration ; but we are expressly told, that with theCreator a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years. CHAPTER II. ON PETRIFACTIONS, OR FOSSIL ORGANIC REMAINS. Opinions of early Naturalists respecting Petrifactions.... | |
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Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years. 
