 Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the...  Select Fables of Esop and Other Fabulists - Page lxxvby Robert Dodsley, Aesop - 1765 - 204 pagesFull view - About this book
 | National Sunday school union - 1873 - 686 pages
...ungrateful Shechemites, tells them the story of the trees choosing themselves a king : " Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us." I must now pass on to the entomological aspect of our useful and beautiful plant. The marvellous power... | |
 | William Colgrove Kenyon - English language - 1849 - 352 pages
...Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and irmn, nnd go to be promoted over the trees * Then said the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If, in truth, ye anoint me kin;; over you, then come, and put your trust in my... | |
 | Mystery - 1850 - 464 pages
...over all and in all, interferes with the freedom of none. This is the appointment of God. " Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow... | |
 | James Slye - 1850 - 370 pages
...Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in' my shadow;... | |
 | Charles Baker - 1850 - 446 pages
...should I leave my wine, which -cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees P Then said all the trees unto the -bramble, come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, if in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in -my shadow... | |
 | Samuel Brown Wylie - Church - 1850 - 132 pages
...divine law, is even shameful. It is just like the trees in Jotham's parable, Judges, ix. 14. "Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us." Because they could not find a tree of more generous growth, to govern them. But this is contrary to... | |
 | Robert Tyas - 1851 - 250 pages
...Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ?' Then said all the trees unto the Bramble, ' Come thou, and reign over us.' And the Bramble said unto the trees, ' If in truth ye anoint mo king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow... | |
 | Aesopus - 1852 - 210 pages
...Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? " Then said all the trees unto the Bramble : " Come thou and reign over us :" and the Bramble said unto the trees : " If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my... | |
 | George Bush - Bible - 1852 - 268 pages
...cheered' by it, because when thus offered he was graciously pleased to accept of it. 14. Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. The meanest and most worthless of trees, and fit only to be burned, though capable of annoyance from... | |
 | Archibald Alexander - Jews - 1853 - 660 pages
...Should I leave my wine, which chccreth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou and reign over us ; and the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow;... | |
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