...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...;" 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...

...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...

...ashamed of their imbecility; for God has set bounds to his sea, in both hemispheres, saying to it, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further: and here shall thy proud waves be stayed," Job xxxviii. 11; and his word must be obeyed. I had the pleasure, in the evening,...

...overthrowing the tyranny of the Church of Rome ; but there they would say to the Spirit of Reformation, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further, and here shall thy proud march be stopped." Vain mandate ! One of the dogmas to which I have alluded is, that we must accept...

...— an overwhelming impression of His power, who could set its bounds to such an element and say, " Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further ; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed." We proceeded along as near tho edge of the cliff as we dared, pausing every now and...

...mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance ;" of Him who " shut up the sea with doors," and said "Hitherto shalt thou come but no further, and here shall thy proud waves be stayed ; men should stand up and deny that he has made himself known to his creatures, and...