 If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.  Curious Myths of the Middle Ages - Page 338by Sabine Baring-Gould - 1869 - 660 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Hall - 1808 - 568 pages
...I saw that my sentence would have been seconded, and would have carried it, upon the bench. ticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity, Kc. If, when I have beheld thy glorious creatures, the sun atid the moon, I have given way to anv idolatrous... | |
 | James Plumptre - Theater - 1809 - 318 pages
...we find Job, in clearing his innocence to his friends, say, " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; and my heart hath...judge, for I should have denied the God that is above." xxxi. 26 — 28. I am aware that these expressions of Young's are figurative, but we should not introduce... | |
 | Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 676 pages
...the hand unto them, in token of reverence : Job xxxi. 26, 27. If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath...be punished by the judge : for I should have denied (he God that is above. So, likewise, bowing the knee to any idol, and kissing it : Hos. xiii. 2. Let... | |
 | Ezekiel Blomfield - Bible - 1809 - 690 pages
...Job. If I beheld the'- sun u-hen' ittfiined, or'the1 moon walking in brightness ; And my heart haffi been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity, té be' punished by the' jtul^e ; for I should hate denied the God tint is above: To a similar cause,... | |
 | 1809 - 1150 pages
...-hand had gotten much ; 26 If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness ; 27 And my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand: 448 ElilM rejt JOB. His zeal to »]ieak. 28 This also were an iniquity to befiunis/u-cJ by tilt judge... | |
 | John Owen - Bible - 1813 - 620 pages
...Job, where it is mentioned and condemned, ch. xxxi. 26, 27. " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness, and my heart hath...secretly enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand " He condemns the idolatry, but yet withal shews, that the lustre, brightness, and glory of those heavenly... | |
 | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson - Sermons, English - 1813 - 520 pages
...curse God, to blasfiheme God, Sec. If I beheld the sun, or the moon, and my mouth hath kissed my hand ; I should have denied the God that is above, Job xxxi. 26, 27, 28. Only the scope of the place, therefore, can determine the precise meaning of the word. The... | |
 | New Church gen. confer - 640 pages
...to this practice is found in the Book of Joh xxxi. 26-28 : " If I beheld the sun when it shined, or the moon walking in brightness; and my heart hath...mouth hath kissed my hand : this also were an iniquity : for I should have denied the God that is above." But the true Origin of worship itself seems to be... | |
 | 1828 - 498 pages
...you find it, and read from the 26th verse. enticed, or my mouth hath kissed my hand, this also was an iniquity to be punished by the judge: for I should have denied the God that is above." Mr. P. That will do. You observe how the the pious and sensitive mind of the patriarch appears to be... | |
 | William Hurd - Protestantism - 1814 - 954 pages
...who believed in the true God, says, in hi» own vindication, " If I beheld the sun whileitshined, or the moon walking in brightness : and my heart hath been secretly enticed, or my mouth had kissed my hand, (4c." Job xxxi, ¡iß, 'if. This was a solemn oath, and the ceremony performed... | |
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