| Eli Meeker - 1827 - 410 oldal
...himself applies to them the epithet, little ones. Hence says the royal preacher, Take us the Ibxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes. This is evidently a caution against every thing, however plausible, which tends to hinder the prosperity... | |
| James Stuart M. Anderson - 1829 - 776 oldal
...prosperity. However, I will waive noticing them for the present ; only saying, that at least they are " the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines ; for our vines have tender grapes." It is in spirituals as in things temporal : a grain of sand in the eye, or a steely point, or thorn... | |
| Eli Meeker - 1829 - 434 oldal
...Little things blight the fairest prospects of Man. SOLOMON'S SONG ii. 15. — Take us the foxes, thd little foxes, that spoil the vines ; for our vines have tender grapes. 85 SERMON VIII. .Mnii, admonished ofhii duly by inferiour creatures. PAGE PROVERBS vi. 6 — Go to... | |
| 1864 - 998 oldal
...to heaven. Might he not have said at once that Pagan and Papist idolaters have a chance of sitting down in the kingdom of God ? A lower depth, however,...of the truth, could have induced us to undertake.' The copy of this document, now in my possession, is scribbled over by the Doctor. His jottings are... | |
| Aristophanes, John Wood Warter - 1830 - 268 oldal
...viii. p. 327. 4 Vide Theocrit. Idyll. i. 48; Varr. de Re Rust. i. viii.; Solomon's Song, c. ii. 15, " Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines : for our vines have tender grapes." hand of Diopeithes.i But I have another winged oracle which relates to you, " that you shall become... | |
| 1830 - 400 oldal
...prosperity. However, I will wave noticing them for the present; only saying, that at least they are " the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines ; for our vines have tender grapes." It is in spirituals as in things temporal : a grain of sand in the eye, or a steely point, or thorn... | |
| Isaac Taylor - 1833 - 532 oldal
...fittest tools in giving effect to oppressive or sanguinary acts. In commenting upon Canticles ii. 15. "Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes:" this Father observes, that the little foxes are insidious heresies, or rather the hereties themselves,... | |
| John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1833 - 392 oldal
...view of these children. Therefore this language and advice is worthy of our serious consideration, "Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes." It is thus that every compliance of parents with improper indulgences, renders them less able to stand... | |
| John Comly, Isaac Comly - 1833 - 434 oldal
...view of these children. Therefore this language and advice is worthy of our serious consideration, "Take us the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines; for our vines have tender grapes." It is thus that every compliance of parents with improper indulgences, renders them less able to stand... | |
| John Gillies - 1834 - 672 oldal
...his angel, and roll away every stone of difficulty." " My Lord's command now, I believe, is, ' Take the foxes, the little foxes that spoil the vines, for our vines have tender grapes.' Help me by your prayers ; it is an ease thus to unbosom myself to a friend. I have sought the Lord... | |
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