 | English essays - 1848 - 744 pages
...great doctrines of the ever blessed Trinity and of eternity, as it appears before Him, "in whose sight a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years." It is literally, " Glory (be ascribed) to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it... | |
 | Jacques Saurin - 1800 - 304 pages
...14. Canst thou by searching fold out God? Job. xi. 7. Canst thou find out the eternity of him, with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years? 2 Pet. iii. 3. Canst thou fmd out the extent of his wisdom ; a wisdom that first invented, then created,... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Reformed Church - 1803 - 434 pages
...14. Canst thou by searching find out God ? Job. xi. 7. Canst thou find out the eternity of him, with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years ? 2 Pet. iii. 8. Canst thou find out the extent of his wisdom ; a wisdom that first invented, then... | |
 | 1831 - 576 pages
...before it became fit for the habitation of man. Well may it be predicated of the Deity, that with him a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years ! May not a similar series of changes be going on in the other planets belonging to the eolar system... | |
 | 1864 - 868 pages
...feet. He is never, as we, impatient of results, or tempted to advance.1 with hasty step ; with Him " a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years " — the tranquillity of the Divine mind offers a sublime theme for contemplation, and helps us to... | |
 | Religion - 1811 - 708 pages
...understanding which is infinite, which admits of no succession of thoughts, no derangement of ideas ; with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years ? The extent of space over which the component particles of bodies are scattered, can present no difficulty... | |
 | 1812 - 582 pages
...men, and for a long subsequent period of time, yet was it ever equally known and present to Him, with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years. His purposesconcerningus were established of old, even from everlasting; but the question occurs, has... | |
 | Congregational churches - 1812 - 608 pages
...men, and for a long subsequent period of time, yet was it ever equally known and present to Him, with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years. His purposesconcerningus were established of old, even from everlasting; but the question occurs, has... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 468 pages
...upon millions of ages, we have not added one day, one hour, one instant to the duration of God, with whom " a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years." Canst thou by searching find out his knowledge ? Explain to us the wisdom of an intelligence, who comprehended... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 1862 - 606 pages
...and its range contracted ; but it is not for us to judge of the times and the seasons ; with the Lord a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years ; and our firm conviction is, that all that has transpired in the history of Christendom since primitive... | |
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Bacon, that the words of prophecy are to be interpreted as the words of one 'with whom a thousand years are as one day, and one day as a thousand years. 
