| John Flavel - 1689 - 412 pagini
...hearken to thy voice; cause me to hear it;" so communion with Christ is the delight of his people : " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." Sol. Song 2: 14; 8:13; 2:3. It is the pleasure of Christ to see the earnest countenances, the blushing... | |
| Sarah Martin - 1799 - 152 pagini
...searched : truly her delight was in the law of the Lord, and in his law did she meditate day and night. " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste : " " The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver," are the texts which... | |
| William Huntington - 1802 - 522 pagini
...! Blessed is the man that trusteth in him. Psal. xxxiv. 8. SEKMON I. CANT. ii. 3. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among...great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. AMONG all the metaphors whereby the wisdom of God hath seen fit to set forth the excellency and commodiousness... | |
| Henry David Thoreau - 1803 - 492 pagini
...least three places in- the Old Testament, and its fruit in two or three more. Solomon sings, — " As the appletree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons." And again, — "Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples." The noblest part of man's noblest feature... | |
| Samuel Burder - 1804 - 444 pagini
...amber, but of very strong 1mell." Complete System, of Geography, vol. ii. p. 175. No. 221. — ii. 3. / sat down under his shadow with, great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.'] " Shade, accordingto Mr. Wood, in his description of the ruins of Balbec (p. 5.) is an essential article... | |
| Maria De Fleury - 1804 - 302 pagini
...This is the Saviour's language to his espoused. And what shall I say unto thee, O my king and my God ! as the apple-tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons : thou art superlatively excellent ; my beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand... | |
| Job Orton, Robert Gentleman - 1805 - 474 pagini
...the rallies. As 2 JL the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the daugh3 ters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so [is] my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with 4 great delight, and his fruit [was] sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and... | |
| 1836 - 498 pagini
...the house of God, and at the table of the Lord, how frequently has the believer had cause to say, " I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." The design of the transfiguration was to give the disciples a bright representation of the glory of... | |
| James Fisher - 1806 - 352 pagini
...ever, Isa. Iv. 1. Matt. xi. 28. 2 Cor. v. 2o. John iii. 16. O that I may then say from experience, " I sat down under his shadow with " great delight, and his fruit was sweet to " my taste," Cant. ii. 3. While I am pressing through this thicket, I perceive a timorous hare, alarmed for her... | |
| Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pagini
...unregenerates. • THE CHURCH. II. 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my bcIffved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. And, to return to thy own praises, as some fruitful and well-grown apple tree, in comparison of all... | |
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