...it would attempt to go beyond its prescribed limit, he says to it, as to the waters of the ocean, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." All this shall be fully verified and declared by the last issue of things; when we...

...hath all power in heaven and earth, well knowing that he was able to say to the turbulent ocean, ' Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' At one time, I felt a gleam of hope ; but this was speedily destroyed by the increasing...

...calm in the Universe: Thou hast said to the desolating tide of human Warfare — " Peace, be still ; hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed 1" We pray, O Lord ! — most humbly and heartily do we pray, — that this happy state...

...thick 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 ? Hell is naked before him, and destruction hath no covering. He stretcheth forth the...

...? When I made the cloud the garment thereof, and thick darkness a swaddling band for it...and said, Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed?...Where is the * Job, chap, xxxviii. way u.liere light dwelleth ? and us for darkness,...

...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 dayspring to know...

...swaddlingband for it, 10. And brake up for it my decreed place, and set bars and doors, • 1 1 . And said, ORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind waves be stayed? 12. Hast thou commanded the morning since thy days ; and caused the day-spring to...

...to contravene his laws, and as to individuals and associations, when he sees fit, thus decrees ; — 'Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.' This wilf be apparent, by asking if God was extreme to mark every contravention of...

...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 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." There is full justification, we see, in the argument. It does not rest on mere conjecture...