 | Jasper Adams, John Adams - 1793 - 358 էջ
...the Lord were the heavens made, and all the hoft of them by the breath of his mouth." He faid, " Let there be light, and there was light. Let there be a firmament, and their was a firmament. Let the fun rule the day, and the moon the night, and fo it was !" At his command,... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1803 - 244 էջ
...fountains of waters r ; who fpake, and it ^a& done ; who commanded, and it ftood fafl s ; who faid, Let there be light, and there was light ; let there be a firmament, a:id he inaJe the firmament ; and he made all very good [; and they continue this day, according to... | |
 | Thomas Vincent - 1810 - 326 էջ
...glorious frame of the heavens and thi: earth, and that by a word speaking. Gen. i. 3, 6, God said, let there be light, and there was light; let there be a firmament, and the firmament was made, &c. D2 Psalm xxxiii. 6, 9, By the word of the Lord were the heavens made ;... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1818 - 632 էջ
...AoyosTs 0w, or the Word of God, In the beginning created the heavens and the earth ; and said, Let there be light, and there was light ; Let there be a firmament, and there was a firmament. His hand also lighted up the flame of the sun, and kindled the stars. He upholds... | |
 | Matthew Henry - 1818 - 234 էջ
...fountains of waters ;& who spake, and it vras done ; who commanded, and it stood fast ;/ who said, Let there be light, and there was light ; let there be a firmament, and he made the firmament ; and he made all very good ;m and they continue this day, according to his ordinance,... | |
 | 1822 - 858 էջ
...representing the most extraordinary cfiiTts as produced instantaneously by a divine command. God «aid, ' Let there be light, and there was light : let there be a firmament, and there was a firmament.' Thus asserting and illustrating the infinite facility and the absolute iustantaneityofthe... | |
 | Timothy Dwight - 1824 - 636 էջ
...r» &ia, or the Word of God, ' In the begmning created the heavens and the earth;' and said, ' Let there be light, and there was light ; ' ' Let there be a firmament, and there was a firmament.' His hand also lighted up the flame of the sun, and kindled the stars. He '... | |
 | Joseph Benson - 1824 - 216 էջ
...inferior creatures, he only "spake," and "it was done;" "commanded," and "it stood fast ; " said, " Let there be light, and there was light ; " " Let there be a firmament ; " " Let the earth and the waters bring forth," and " it was so ; " designing now to form a far nobler... | |
 | James Hervey - 1825 - 396 էջ
...nothing but a victim of infinite dignity could constitute an adequate propitiation. He who said, " Let there be light, and there was light ;" let there be...immediately the blue curtains floated in the sky; he must take flesh ; he must feel the fierce torments of crucifixion, and pour out his soul in agonies,... | |
 | 1822 - 814 էջ
...representing the most extraordinary effects as produced instantaneously by a divine command. God said, ' Let there be light, and there was light : let there be a firmament, and there was a firmament.' Tims asserting and illustrating the infinite facility and the absolute iustantaneity... | |
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Let there be light, and there was light " — let there be a firmament, and there was a firmament, cannot be communicated to children and believed by them, without producing a strong impression. 
