...holes and chinks of the walls of the Eajlern houfes, is fuppofed by the prophet Amos, when he fays, "As if a man " did flee from a lion, and a bear did meet " him ; or went into the houfe, and leaned " his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit " him'."...

...you that defire the day of the Lord: to what end * is it for you ? the day of the Lord is darknefs, and * not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a ' bear met him ; or went into the houfe, and leaned ' his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit him. Shall ' not the day of the Lord be...

...MOCKERS. Woe unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end is it for you ? The day of the Lord is darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, And a bear met him. Amos v. 18, 19. Solomon, also, compares a wicked and unprincipled ruler to the lion and the bear :...

...from one mifchief, while they fiee not to the great rock, they (hall fall into another: Amos, v. i9. "As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him : or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a ferpent bit him." — It imports, 6. That Chrift is a...

...from God, is but vanity, and cannot deliver ; nay, it expofes them to the way of evil : Amos, v. iy. " As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met hint i or went into the houfe, and leaned his hand upon the wall, and a ferpent bit him." The Jews,...

...30. " Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord ! To what end in it for you? The day of the Lord ii darkness, and not light. As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him." Ajnos v. 18, 19. " The Lord hath made even the...

...Messiah. But, " Wo unto you that desire the day of the Lord! to what end is it? The day of the Lord is darkness and not light, as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him." And so it came to pass. The day of the Lord was darkness to those that said, We see. And as it was...

...of them grievous, and of which you will be unable to discover any termination : Your case will be, as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him."0 The manner in which the bear combats his enemy, is peculiar to himself. While the lion springs...

...and all their confidences treacherous, where the Lord shall arise to judgment. " It shall be to them as if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him ; or went into his house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him," Amos v. 19 ; " and though they...

...several assaults; but he, not having in mind " the art of foresaying things to come,"* was surprised, " as if a man did flee from a lion and a bear met him," and flying under the stroke of the carpenter's square, he attempted to escape by the West,] where no...