...that " the house when it was building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither ; so that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was building." By this is meant that in the materials to be used by men in building up their minds into...

...built of stone made ready before it was brought thither, so that there was neither hammer, nor as, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building.' (1 Kings vi. 7.) The description of the temple given by the sacred historian, shews that the stone called entire, was not...

...was built of stone made ready 2L before it was brought thither; so that there was neither hammer, not axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the house while it was in building." So it should be with us. We ought to do our hewing and shaping before we come together. We ought to...

...built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axc, nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building." (I. Kings, vi. 7.) In like manner, the feet of the Babylonish image, "which consisted of iron mixcd...

...was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither: so that there was neither hammer nor ax nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building. 8 The door for the middle chamber was in the right side of the house: and they went up with winding...

...had yv i,.; ]•,.':.- • u..nc,.-ff(,},- .r^,f!' .if,':: <.. 'contained k was brought thither; 10 that there was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool...house while it was in building." 1 Kings vi. 7. The reason for this it perhaps best explained by Exod. xx. 95. " And if thou •wilt make me an altar of...

...expiation.3 Before the Babylonish captivity it had contained it was brought thither ; so that there was no hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron heard in the...house while it was in building. 1 Kings vi. 7. The reason for this is perhaps best explained by Exod. xx. 25. "And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone,...

...SOLOMON is recorded to have built the temple " of stone, made ready before it was brought " thither: so that there was neither hammer, nor " axe, nor any...iron heard in the house, " while it was in building." Of the preparation of the stones for the temple the rabbies have invented a most absurd story, of which...

...suppliant arms abroad, View'd the descending flame, and bless'd the present God'. t Psalm xxiv. 7. 1> " There was neither hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of...iron, heard in the house while it was in building." i Kings vi. 7. i " And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire Nor shrunk she then, when,...

...obstructed in their labour : And from sacred history it appears; that there was neither the sound of the hammer, nor axe, nor any tool of iron, heard in the house, while it was in building. This famous fabrick was supported byffourteen huiidred and fifty-three columns, and two thousand nine...