 | Jonathan Edwards - Congregational churches - 1808 - 514 pages
...; for they are evidently so spoken of, Psal. cxxxiii. 1,2. "Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard, that went down to the skirts of his... | |
 | Jonathan Edmondson - 1808 - 328 pages
...both in private families and in churches, is very desirable. " Behold how. good and pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard J that went down to the skirts of his... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 346 pages
...figured ; and what we call the moral, is the uuiigured sense or meaning of the allegory. A Comparison or simile, is, when the resemblance between two objects...the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion." The advantage of this figure arises from the illustration which the simile employed gives to the principal... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 348 pages
...and generally pursued more fully than the nature of a metaphor admits ; as -when it is said, " Tlie actions of princes are like those great rivers, the...ointment ; &c. and as the dew that descended upon (he mountains of Zion." The advantage of this figure arises from the illustration which the simile... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 352 pages
...round about his people.' * " Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together.in unity ! It is like the precious ointment ; &c. and...the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion." The advantage of this figure arises from the illustration which the simile employed gives to the principal... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1809 - 330 pages
..." Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like thft precious ointment ; &.c. and as the dew that descended, upon the mountains of Zion." The advantage of this figure arises from the illustration which the simile employed gives to the principal... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 824 pages
...they are compared with refpeft to the impreflions they make. " Behold, how good and how pleafant it is for " brethren to dwell together in unity. It is like " the precious ointment upon the head, that ran " down upon Aaron's beard, and defcended to the " fkirts of his garment." Pfalm... | |
 | William Jones - Anglican Communion - 1810 - 522 pages
...application of this rite to its mystical sense, in the 133rd psalm : Behold how good and how pleasant zY is for brethren to dwell together in unity, it is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even unto Aaron s beard, 'and went down to the skirts... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1811 - 322 pages
...about Jerusalem, so the Lord is round about his people." u Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like...ointment, &c. and as the dew that descended upon the *nountains of Zion." Figures.) PERSPICUITY, &c. 301 The advantage of this figure arises from the illustration... | |
 | General Association of Connecticut - Congregational churches - 1811 - 588 pages
...constrain those who pray for the peace of Jerusalem to exclaim, " Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity ! It is like the precious ointment, upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard ; that went down to the skirts of his... | |
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Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and... 
