A Complete History of the Holy Bible: As Contained in the Old and New Testaments ; Including Also the Ocurrences of Four Hundred Years from the Last of the Prophets to the Birth of Christ, and the Life of Our Blessed Saviour and His Apostles, &c with Copious Notes, Critical and Explanatory, Practical and Devotional, Volume 1W.W. Woodward, 1807 |
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... tion and appointment of God . The fact was , that Abel , as a penitent sinner , gladly signified his faith in the promised Saviour by a bloody sacrifice , knowing that without shedding of blood there could be no remission ; while Cain ...
... tion and appointment of God . The fact was , that Abel , as a penitent sinner , gladly signified his faith in the promised Saviour by a bloody sacrifice , knowing that without shedding of blood there could be no remission ; while Cain ...
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... tion . By this time the world began to grow populous , and though Seth and his progeny for some ages were shy of conversing with Cain and his family , yet time wore off that aversion , and as the world grew more replenished with people ...
... tion . By this time the world began to grow populous , and though Seth and his progeny for some ages were shy of conversing with Cain and his family , yet time wore off that aversion , and as the world grew more replenished with people ...
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... tion , which was soon to overwhelm mankind . Of this approaching judgment , the merciful God gave warning long before he executed it ; for though the wickedness of man was so great , that God said , My Spirit shall not always strive ...
... tion , which was soon to overwhelm mankind . Of this approaching judgment , the merciful God gave warning long before he executed it ; for though the wickedness of man was so great , that God said , My Spirit shall not always strive ...
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... tion to destroy all flesh from off the earth by a flood of waters ; but for the preservation of Noah and his family , and seed to replenish the depopulated earth , he com- manded him to build an ark * , or vessel of vast dimensions , to ...
... tion to destroy all flesh from off the earth by a flood of waters ; but for the preservation of Noah and his family , and seed to replenish the depopulated earth , he com- manded him to build an ark * , or vessel of vast dimensions , to ...
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... tion , become extremely hardened , scorned to be directed by him , who was but a late inhabitant among them , and threatened to deal worse with him than with his guests ; and pressing hard upon Lot , they intended to force the door ...
... tion , become extremely hardened , scorned to be directed by him , who was but a late inhabitant among them , and threatened to deal worse with him than with his guests ; and pressing hard upon Lot , they intended to force the door ...
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Page 24 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid: and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 307 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 79 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
Page 29 - By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
Page 515 - Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it well with the child? And she answered, It is well.
Page 43 - And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
Page 212 - Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full ; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.
Page 166 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 176 - And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush; and he looked, and lo, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed.
Page 83 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.