 | Benjamin Martin - Science - 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... | |
 | James Blair - 1740 - 476 pages
...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,... | |
 | John Milton - 1745 - 484 pages
...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - Sin, Original - 1766 - 506 pages
...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... | |
 | George Edwards - Natural history - 1770 - 286 pages
...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,... | |
 | Christoph Christian Sturm - Devotional exercises - 1800 - 308 pages
...exactly the time when they ought to return. " The stork in the heavens knoweth her appoint" ed time ; and: the turtle,- and the crane,. and the " swallow, observe the time of their .coming." — Undoubtedly the temperature of the air,. in respect to heat and cold, and the natural... | |
 | 1806 - 504 pages
...man repents of his wickedness, saying, •what have I done ? Yea, the stork in the heavens 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." " When the judgments of the Lord are in the... | |
 | Thomas Smith - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1803 - 420 pages
...guided by that powerful instinct impressed by the Creator, whereby " the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow observe the time of their coming*." AB the migration of birds constitutes a very curious article of natural history, our readers... | |
 | Alexander Hunter - Agriculture - 1803 - 590 pages
...excellent lefson to the rational. In the sacred history we are told, that the Slork in the heavens knmceth her appointed times ; and the turtle, and the crane, and the swallow, observe the time of their comings and we are reminded that the leafing of the fig-tree usually determines the approach of summer.... | |
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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. 
