...justly have they been compared by the prophet Joel (ii. 3.) to a great army ; who farther observes, that the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness. " Having lived near a month in this manner, (like a /uvturtfut %I$K, or siuord "with ten thousand edges,...

...article conceives himself fully justified in applying to them the language of the prophet Joel : " the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate .TvUflcrness." Hereitisnatural for the thinking Reader to enquire how came the portion of English Nonconformists,...

...Ch. ii. Ver. 2. A day of darkness and of gloominess: a day of clouds and thick darkness, V. 3. Afire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth:...the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and befnnd them a desolate -wilderness, - , V. 9. They shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon...

...gloominess: a day of clouds and thick darkness, V. 3. A fire devoureth before them, and behind them aflame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness, V. 9. They shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses ; they shall enter into the...

...a day of clouds and thick darkV; 3. A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burnt lh: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness,—' — V. o/. -They shall run upon the wall, they shall climb up upon the houses j they shall enter into...

...mountains : a great people and a " strong; there hath not been ever the like — A tire de" voureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth : " the...desolate • wilderness ; yea, and nothing " shall " and the feasts of blood, with their priests out of the midst of their " idolatrous crew, and the...

...mountains : a great people and a " strong ; there hath not been ever the like — A tire de" voureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth : " the...them a desolate wilderness ; yea, and nothing " shall " and the feasts of blood, with their priests out of the midst of their " idolatrous crew, and the...

...13, 14. So the prophei: Joel compares the holy land to paradise before the Chaldean army wasted it: " The land is as the garden of Eden before them, and...wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them," Joel ii. 3. And I have often thought, pardon my digression, that, after our first parents were expelled from paradise,...

...ever the like, neither shall be any more after it, even to the yeares of many generations. 3. "A fire devoureth before them, and behind them a flame burneth...the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behinde them a disolate wildernesse, yea, and nothing shall escape them. 5. " Like the noise of chariots...

...Northern army of locusts ; allured hither by the scent of prey, because, as the prophet expresses it, The land is as the. garden of Eden before them, and behind them, a desolate wilderness*. Thus far human reason, the true interpreter of Scripture, will allow us to infer. But further to conclude...