 | 1827 - 842 pages
...the wood doth waste it, and the wild beait of the field doth devour it. 14 Return, we beseech thee, er ; Id And the vineyard which thy right band hath planted, and the branch tliat tliou madem strong for... | |
 | Joseph Hervey Hull - English language - 1828 - 84 pages
...before it ; and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts, look down from Heaven, and behold, and visit this vine." Irony, is a figure, in which we urge one thing, and mean the contrary, in order to give effect to our... | |
 | Catechisms - 1828 - 160 pages
...clothed with righteousness, and let thy saints shout for joy. Ps. cxxxii. 9. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts ; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine. Ps. Ixxx. 14. Pray ye therefore the Lord of^the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1828 - 268 pages
...of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts, look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine !" See also Ezekiel, xvii. 22—24. Allegory was a favourite method of delivering instruction in ancient... | |
 | Anglican Communion - 1845 - 378 pages
...individuals, pointing to ways and means of greater efficiency in the work of the Gospel. May " the God of Hosts look down from Heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, and the vineyard which hia right hand hath planted." CARLTON CHASE, Bishop. Mr. Peirce, from the Committee... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1829 - 318 pages
...of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of Hosts, look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this Tine !" See also Ezekiel, xvii. 22 — 84. The first and principal requisite in the conduct of an allegory,... | |
 | 1829 - 560 pages
...to unite with us in praying, in the language of the ancient church, ' Return, we beseech t/iee, О God of Hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine.1 "It has been thought that a desirable object would be accomplished by this Society, if it were... | |
 | 1830 - 278 pages
...it ? is The boar of the forest gnaweth it, And the beast of the field browseth upon it. 14 Turn now, O God of Hosts ! Look down from heaven, and behold, And visit this vine — is Even the plant, which Thy right hand hath planted. Yea, look upon the son, Whom Thou hast made... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - Criticism - 1831 - 328 pages
...The boar out of the woods doth waste it, and the wild beast doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts : look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine, and the vineyard thy right hand hath planted, and the branch thou madest strong for thyself. PSALM 80. In a... | |
 | John Hartley - Greece - 1831 - 426 pages
...salvation of this ancient people repeat with fervour the Psalmist's petition : Return, we beseech Thee, O God of Hosts ! Look down from heaven ; and behold, and visit this vine! ECCLESIASTES, XII. 6. The pitcher broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at tJie cistern. May... | |
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The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts, look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch... 
