 | 1852 - 1174 pages
...can be likened unto the Lord (_Ps. Ixxxix. 6). Habakkuk's position was a happy one, when he said, " I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower,...will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what 1 shall answer when I am reproved:" and did he watch and wait in vain ? Oh no! — He adds, "And the... | |
 | Maria Stevens - 1826 - 526 pages
...taking up the words of the prophet, we should each be alert to the duty God may require of us, saying, "I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what He will say to me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved ;" Hab. ii. 1. ARTICLE XXXII. Of the Marriage of... | |
 | Bernard Barton - 1826 - 280 pages
...GETTING TO THE WATCH-TOWER. " I will stand npon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will natch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved." — •Habakkuk,ii. 1. OH, were this waiting, watching frame Yet more and more the Christian's aim... | |
 | Oliver Reywood - 1826 - 596 pages
...such a full view of every matter or circumstance, as when he hath it before him, hence Hab. ii. 2, " Write the vision and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it." So then writing a thing legibly is the way to make it more perceptible, and intelligible. A visible... | |
 | Joseph Fincher - 1827 - 438 pages
...plenteous. Shall they therefore empty their net, and not spare continually to slay the nations ? HAD. ii. 1. I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower,...unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. THE LORD'S ANSWER. J2£ -". »• : . . :'.\ 'J . . . .. Ji.fi l". :. HAB. ii. 2 — 4. i; Write the... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1827 - 666 pages
...tyrant, who boasted of insulting God, pillaging his temple, and carrying his people into captivity : ' I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me.' The Rabbies give a very singular exposition of the words, ' I will stand upon my watch,' and they translate... | |
 | sir John Bayley (1st bart), Henry Clissold - 1828 - 196 pages
...CHI. Upon the Certainty of Christ's coming, but at Gotfs appointed No. 103. I (ie Habakkuk) will b stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he (ie God) will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. And the Lord answered me, and... | |
 | Short memorials - 1830 - 300 pages
...children to walk out, to see what God would do for her. (1 Sam. xxii. 3.) (As one of old, " I will set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me— because it will surely come, it will not tarry." (Habbak. ii. 3.) She seated herself to repair their... | |
 | Rev. Charles BRIDGES - 1830 - 696 pages
...the unskilful, and the same giveth content to all.1 One of the ancient prophets was commanded — " Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that readeth it.'" 2 That this command may have its due effect, we must pay attention to style, subject-matter, and mode... | |
 | Jonathan Edwards - 1830 - 604 pages
...years, has respect to the same appointed time that he speaks (if in the foregoing chapter, ver. 2, 3. " And the Lord answered me and said, Write the vision and make it plain," &c. " for the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it .shall speak and not lie," &c.... | |
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I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will watch to see what he will say unto me, and what I shall answer when I am reproved. 2 And the Lord answered me, and said, Write the vision, and make it plain upon tables, that he may run that... 
