 | John Owen - Puritans - 1826 - 578 pages
...light inaccessible. We cannot by searching 'find out the Almighty to perfection : it is as high as heaven, what can we do ? it is deeper than hell, what can we know ? the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea;' Job xi. 7—9. We may... | |
 | Thomas Belsham - Sermons, English - 1827 - 516 pages
...is, as it exists in God, and what the felicity which he derives from it, is wholly incomprehensible. It is higher than heaven, what can we do ? it is deeper than the abyss, what can we know? — Great and transcendent Being! what art THOU? How infinitely do our... | |
 | Christian life - 1837 - 428 pages
...constrained to exclaim, " Oh, the depth of the riches" of the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge. '' It is higher than heaven, what can we do ? It is deeper than hell, what can we know ? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea." This love Jias apprehended... | |
 | John King Lord - Congregational churches - 1850 - 436 pages
...of God. Neither the experimental nor speculative reason can explore that profound. " It is high as heaven, what can we do ; it is deeper than hell, what can we know ?" Natural religion, in its highest essays, considered only in its relation to the human faculties,... | |
 | 1851 - 860 pages
...to gather for his own use what farther he pleaseth. Hence then observe, perfection. It is as high as heaven, what can we do ? it is deeper than hell, what can we know? the measure thereof is longer than the earth and hroader than the sea." (Job xi. 7—9.) We may... | |
 | Richard Alliott - Apologetics - 1855 - 376 pages
...yesterday understand the eternal ? Can the creature comprehend the Creator? "The knowledge is as high as heaven, what can we do ? It is deeper than hell, what can we know?" How much reason have we for gratitude, that seeing we can know so little of God as he really... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - English essays - 1867 - 414 pages
...learned to say, "Who can, by searching, find out God ? Who can find out the Almighty to perfection ? It is higher than heaven, what can we do: it is deeper than hell, what can we know: the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea !" While cholera, hanging... | |
 | James Wimsett Boulding - 1872 - 348 pages
...climb the stars, or circumnavigate space, as to aim after the spiritual perfection of the Almighty. " It is higher than heaven, what can we do ? It is deeper than hell, what can we know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea." Indeed, the thought... | |
 | Thomas Guthrie - 1866 - 942 pages
...learned to say, " Who can, by searching, find out God 1 Who can find out the Almighty to perfection 1 yHS $ F " e n} eS J l ! P ' R yhWWM" t5W !h? D ] q m: zv know : the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea ! " While Cholera, hanging... | |
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It is higher than heaven, what can we do: it is deeper than hell, what can we know: the measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea... 