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" He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. "
Minutes of the General Association of Connecticut - Page 17
by General Association of Connecticut - 1870
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The Connecticut Evangelical Magazine, Volume 5

Missions - 1804 - 502 pages
...Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the clear shining after rain. Although my house be not so with God, yet 1: . hath made with me an everlasting...
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The Works of the Rev. Richard Cecil ...: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 2

Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - Theology - 1816 - 572 pages
...much more immediately refers to Jesus Christ, the King of Kings and Lord of Lords. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth ;...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. These words were put into David's mouth, inasmuch as it was the character of himself. But, while David...
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A spiritual exposition of the Old Testament, or, The Christian's ..., Volume 2

John Allen - 1816 - 726 pages
...incarnation, the merit of his blood, power, and resurrection, shall shine without obscurity, darkness, or clouds. "As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain."] — So shall the glory of Christ's kingdom spring forth, lively, green, fertile, and pleasant to behold,...
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The Works of President Edwards, Volume 8

Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1817 - 616 pages
...described, will be like the Son of the Most High, vehicles of good to mankind, and like him, will be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain. And therefore, when a people are bereaved of them, they sustain an unspeakable loss, and are the subjects...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres

Hugh Blair - English language - 1817 - 516 pages
...just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riscth ; even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass...springing out of the earth, by clear shining after rain." This is one of the most regular and formal comparisons in the sacred books. Allegory, likewise, is...
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Theology: Explained and Defended in a Series of Sermons, Volume 4

Timothy Dwight - Congregational churches - 1818 - 578 pages
...Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God : and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,...springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain. 2 Sam. xxiii. 2 — 4. To possess this beneficent influence ; like this glorious luminary, to diffuse...
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An Abridgment of Lectures on Rhetoric

Hugh Blair - English language - 1818 - 300 pages
...the following ; " He that rulelh over men, must be just, ruling in the fear of God; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth ;...springing out of the earth by clear shining, after rain."' "'^Allegory is likewise frequency employed in the sacred books ; \and a fine instance of this occurs...
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The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Volumes 1-2

1818 - 948 pages
...just, ruling in the fear ol God. 4 And he shall be as Ihe light of the morning when the sun riscth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining alter rain. 6 Although my house be not sowith God ; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,...
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Sermons, Volume 3

Hugh Blair - Sermons - 1818 - 428 pages
...is unmixed and pure. It is a lustre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened in Scripture, to the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; to the light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day\-. Whereas the honours which the world...
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The Works of the Right Reverend George Horne ...: To which are ..., Volume 5

George Horne, William Jones - Theology - 1818 - 550 pages
...7. In the last words of David, the reign of Messiah is described under this figure : " He shall be as the tender grass, springing out of " the earth by clear shining- after rain." I cannot help subjoining bishop Sherlock's masterly illustration of this passage — "There cannot...
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