 | 1755 - 768 pages
...reformation ; and in the languas*? of the prophet, with which I now beg to conclude, that " instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree, and it shall be to the Lord for arname and for an everlasting sign which shall not be... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 474 pages
...! Exalt thy towery head, and lift thy eyes ! 1MITATIONS. he grass, and reeds, and rushes.'— Chap. Iv. ver. 13. ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the hrier shall come up the myrtle-tree.' The lamhs with wolves, &c.] Virg. Eel. iv.ver. SI. Ipsae lacte... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1807 - 316 pages
...springs of water: in the hahitation " where dtugons lay, shall he gtuss, and reeds, and rushes." Ch.lc. ver. 13. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, " and instead of thfc brier shall come up the myrtle-tree. P. Ver. 77. The lamhs with wolves, &c.] Virg. Eel. ic. ver.... | |
 | Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.) - 1808 - 574 pages
...creatures of God shall, as it were, rejoice in your deliverance, and applaud your comfortable return. LV. 13 Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 334 pages
...habitation where dragons lay, shall be grass, and rceils, and riuhee. — Chap. Iv. ver. IS: ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the niyrUe-trec:' '• Ch. *11. ttr. 19. anACh. Iv. ver. 13. To leafless shrubs... | |
 | Alexander Pope - 1808 - 702 pages
...parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitations where dragons lay, shall be grass, and reeds, and rushes.' Ch. Iv. ver. IS. ' Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree.'... | |
 | William Huntington (works.) - 1811 - 436 pages
...things, Mark iv. 19- But God's elect are not briers and thorns, but fir-trees and myrtles. " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree, [and these shall neither be cursed nor burnt,] and it shall be... | |
 | 1811 - 508 pages
...pine-tree, and the box together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary. ( Isaiah, Ix. IS.,/ Instead of the thorn, shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree : and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign... | |
 | Joanna Southcott - 1813 - 626 pages
...positive decree that such a change shall take place as is men^ tioned in the following verse—" Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it •hall be to the Lord an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off'." Here let... | |
 | William Clayton - 1814 - 420 pages
...lean, " Or fertile only in its own disgrace, " Exults to see the thistly curse removed." i " Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, " and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle" tree, and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for " an everlasting... | |
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Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir-tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle-tree: and it shall be to the Lord for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off. 
