...interposition of that Almighty Power which guides the planets in their orbits, and says to the great water, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Job xxxviii. 11. We now resume the correspondence of Cowper, which contains some...

...parts.'-'—Sermon IV. p. 80—82. " When God gave an express revelation to man he signified to human reason, — ' hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed,'—He appointed that revelation to be accepted by reason, not to be measured by it.—And...

...darkness a swaddlingband for it, 10 And T)rake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, 11 Syria ہ " ր 0 /" 1837 C. Knight # waves be stayed ? 12 Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ; and caused the dayspring to know...

...land ] as if, for a new judgment upon us, he would retract the old word of his decreed limitation ; Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed; Job xxxviii. 11. Hath not God given us, in divers parts of our nation, a feeling touch...

...and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, and brake up for it My decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further : and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." Another may say — ' I can imagine that the origin and existence of the material...

...and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, and brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?" — Chap, xxxviii. 4-11. Here as in the writings of Solomon the wisdom of God is...

...and thick darkness a swaddling-band for it, and brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed? Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ; and caused the day-spring to know...

...Nullum enim viliunt desinit ubi incipit; Sen. FA. No wicked man could ever say to his evil propensity, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ;" Job xxxviii. 11. cf. ii. 83, note. M. The Christian can hardly wish for a more decisive...

...of the sea ;" it is the Maker and Preserver of the universe, who has appointed the ocean its limits, and said, "Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further : and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," Job. xxxviii. II. Let us, then, see Him, the Creator and Lord of all, both in the...

...have been victorious on this occasion also, as they had been over the heroic Visigoths, if God had not said, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further. And here shall thy proud waves be stayed ! " For had the Arabians broken this barrier also, the very existence of Christianity...