...temple, addrefling the divine being, in the prefence of all the people, fays, i Kings viii. 27. " But will God, *' indeed, dwell on the earth? behold, the...heaven of heavens cannot " contain thee, how much lefs this houfe " that I have builded ? By the prophet Jeremiah, the divine being fays, Jer. xxiii23....

...temple, addreffing the divine being, in the prefence of all the people, fays, i Kings viii. 27. " But will God, indeed, dwell on the *' earth ? behold, the heaven, and heaven of hea** vens cannot contain thee, how much lefs this houie that I have builded ?" By the prophet Jeremiah,...

...what houfe, or place can ye build to contain me ? And thus alfo Solomon faid ( i King. viii. 27. ) " Behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ; how much lefs this houfe that I have built ? " The Prophet proceeds, verfe 2d. " For tll thefe (things) my hand...

...what houfe, or place can ye build to contain me ? And thus alfo Solomon faid ( I King, viii. 27. ) " Behold the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee $ how much lefs this houfe that I have built ? '' The Prophet proceeds, verfe ^d. " For all thefe (things) my...

...name and piefence of all the people; in which he addreffeth himfelf to Goii in that noble manner: 'But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ! /tow muck lefs this houj'e which I have buildtd! i Kings viii. 27. See alfo Ifa. Ixvi. i. It has...

...Solomon himself with reference to it, in the noble prayer which he uttered at its dedication ! — " But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven...much less this house that I have builded !" 1 Kings viii. 27. Our idea of the temple must be, however, by no means limited to this small building, but...

...spaces that separate the heavens from the earth, he fills them wkh the the immensity of his essence. Will God indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee ! 1 Kings viii. 27. Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool : where...

...His words are very striking, and a part of them will furnish an excellent commentary upon the text. Will God. indeed dwell on the earth ? Behold, the...heavens cannot contain thee ; how much less this house which I have buildcd ? Yet have thou /,,',,.,* , . respect unto the prayer of thy servant, and to his...

...unto the Lord, which are but duft and afhes ;" and cry out with Solomon, i Kings, viii. 27. *' But will God indeed dwell on the earth ? behold, the heaven, and heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee j how much lefs this houfe that I have builded ?" Remember, ye faints, that though God has laid by...

...dwelling-place;' «nd in one part of it, addresses the Deity in these sublime terms; ' Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded.' " p. 28. " They," the Christian readers of the Old t estamenr, " find it quite simple that the Triuue...