 Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot...  Lowe's Edinburgh magazine - Page 4621847Full view - About this book
 | Church history - 1836 - 368 pages
...and the irrational creatures. " Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle." CHRISTIAN TREASURY. Pur on Christ — It is the will of God the... | |
 | Sarah Hall - Bible stories, English - 1837 - 376 pages
...night, and perished in a night : and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle?" By this beautiful illustration, the prophet's selfishness was reproved,... | |
 | Books - 1837 - 654 pages
...the greatness of its population. " Should not 1 spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left ?" The magnitude of London is sublime. Almost every foreign visitor, who writes of the metropolis,... | |
 | 1837 - 628 pages
...the greatness of its population, ' Should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left?' The magnitude of London is sublime ; almost every foreign visitor who writes of the metropolis,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Bible stories, English - 1838 - 264 pages
...night, and perished in a night : and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle?' This story proves to us that the Almighty is slow to be angry with... | |
 | 1841
...night, and perished in a night. And should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left ; and also much cattle ?"t If> then, from Jonah's former deliverances, we have gathered faith,... | |
 | James Macaulay - Animal welfare - 1839 - 144 pages
...from its guilty inhabitants. " And shall not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons, that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, AND ALSO MUCH CATTLE?" — Jonah iv. 11. § 18. Many other reasons for humanity might be... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1839 - 966 pages
...NIGHT AND PERISHED IN A NIGHT. AND SHOULD NOT I SPARE NINEVEH, THAT GREAT CITY, WHEREIN ARE MORE THAN SIX SCORE THOUSAND PERSONS THAT CANNOT DISCERN BETWEEN THEIR RIGHT HAND AND T1IEIE LEFT ?"— Jonah iv. 9, 10, 11. PAIN affects us, as it comes near to us. The war or famine,... | |
 | William Cooke Taylor - 1840 - 800 pages
...wall of defence. The prophet Jonah describes Nineveh, as " that Great City, wherein are more- than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle." In this passage the mention of cattle clearly intimates that pastures... | |
 | Frederick William Faber - Church - 1840 - 212 pages
...night and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than six score thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand, and also much cattle 2 ?" Lastly, we come to a passage in which all the others seem to meet,... | |
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