| Assembly of divines confess. and catech, Church of Scotland - 1773 - 570 páginas
...wealth. Dan. iv. 30. The king fpake, and faid, Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour 01 my majefty ? k Hab. i. 16. Therefore they Га crifice unto their net, and burn incenfe unto their... | |
| Mary Deverell - 1776 - 312 páginas
...While the empty boaft was in his mouth, Is not this Great Babylon , 'which I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majejly ? The fcripture tells us, a voice from Heaven declared, The kingdom is departed from thee.... | |
| Universal history - 1779 - 514 páginas
...exclaimed, " Is not this great Babylon, that' andta"*« Dan. iy. 19, & fcq. ' I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the* might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" He had no fooner pronounced this infolent ejaculation, than there came a voice from heaven,... | |
| William Penn - 1782 - 518 páginas
...his mouth, with this haughty queftion, ' Is not this great Babylon that I have built ' for the houfe of the kingdom by the might of my ' power, and for the honour of my majefty c ?' But we are told, that while the words were in his mouth, ' a ' voice from heaven rebuked... | |
| Samuel Hoole - 1786 - 348 páginas
...pride which ignorance alone could dictate, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majejiy ? He was infenfible of the dependent ftate of man, he was infenfible of his own weaknefs and... | |
| Samuel Disney - 1788 - 464 páginas
...and thus communed with his foolifh heart; "Is not this great Babylon that I have built, for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty? And, while the word was in the king's-mouth, there fell a voice from heaven, faying, O king... | |
| Thomas Robinson - 1792 - 514 páginas
...exclaimed, " Is .not this great * Ecdef. viii. it. BabyJon» Babylon, that I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" there fell a voice from heaven, faying, " The kingdom is departed from thee*." Bel(hazzar,... | |
| Alexander Bicknell - 1791 - 546 páginas
...prfde of his heart, he thus exclaimed : " Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the houfc of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" He had no fooner exprefled this vaunting exclamation, than there fell a voice from heaven,... | |
| Humphrey Prideaux - 1799 - 682 páginas
...his great works done therein, faid, b " Is not this great Babylon, which I have built for the houfe of the kingdom, by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majefty ?" But, while the words were yet in his mouth, there came a voice to hirrt from heaven to rebuke... | |
| James Anderson - 1800 - 632 páginas
...their own insignificance; and, like Nebuchadnezzar of old, they said in their hearts, " Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the...might of my .power, and for the honour of my majesty?" and, regardlefs of the fate that had followed this vainglorious toast, they would fain natter themselves... | |
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