Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments, Volume 1William Baynes and Son, 1825 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page x
... thought in them ; something so lively and beautiful , joined with what is most serious and pious , that they must for ever do honour to the author's memory , and answer the great purpose of at once instructing and entertaining the ...
... thought in them ; something so lively and beautiful , joined with what is most serious and pious , that they must for ever do honour to the author's memory , and answer the great purpose of at once instructing and entertaining the ...
Page 1
... thought can arise without some matter ; but here , with thee , all matter arises from nothing . How easy is it for thee to repair all out of something , which couldst thus fetch all out of nothing ! Wherein can we now distrust thee ...
... thought can arise without some matter ; but here , with thee , all matter arises from nothing . How easy is it for thee to repair all out of something , which couldst thus fetch all out of nothing ! Wherein can we now distrust thee ...
Page 12
... thought it requisite to fit him with a paradise nearer home . If God had appointed him imme- diately to heaven , his body had been superfluous ; it was fit his body should be answered with an earthen image of that heaven , which was for ...
... thought it requisite to fit him with a paradise nearer home . If God had appointed him imme- diately to heaven , his body had been superfluous ; it was fit his body should be answered with an earthen image of that heaven , which was for ...
Page 14
... thought it had been good to know evil ! good was large enough to have perfected his knowledge , and therein his blessedness . All that God made was good , and the Maker of them much more good ; they good in their kinds , he good in him ...
... thought it had been good to know evil ! good was large enough to have perfected his knowledge , and therein his blessedness . All that God made was good , and the Maker of them much more good ; they good in their kinds , he good in him ...
Page 55
... thought of , because they fare ill . Afflic- tions would not be so heavy , if they did not lay us open unto uncharitable conceits . What difference God puts betwixt sins of wilfulness and infirmity ! The son's pollution is punished with ...
... thought of , because they fare ill . Afflic- tions would not be so heavy , if they did not lay us open unto uncharitable conceits . What difference God puts betwixt sins of wilfulness and infirmity ! The son's pollution is punished with ...
Contents
1 | |
7 | |
20 | |
42 | |
54 | |
68 | |
93 | |
130 | |
367 | |
379 | |
393 | |
402 | |
413 | |
419 | |
429 | |
451 | |
136 | |
146 | |
156 | |
175 | |
184 | |
185 | |
200 | |
206 | |
235 | |
246 | |
251 | |
257 | |
270 | |
288 | |
295 | |
305 | |
326 | |
332 | |
342 | |
468 | |
479 | |
489 | |
500 | |
511 | |
521 | |
530 | |
536 | |
545 | |
585 | |
594 | |
603 | |
611 | |
618 | |
632 | |
640 | |
650 | |
659 | |
670 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abimelech Absalom Achish Ahab Almighty altar Amalek Amalekites Amorites angel behold better betwixt blessing blood brethren cast comfort command CONTEMPLATION creatures curse Dagon danger dare David death doth earth Elijah Elisha enemies envy ephod Esau evil eyes faith father favour fear fetch fire Gibeah Gideon give glory God's grace hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven holy honour hope husband idolatry Israel Israelites Jephthah Jeroboam Joab Joshua Judah judgment justice kill king knew less Levite live look Lord mercy Midian Midianites Moab Moses Nabal Nazarite never offended once peace Philistines priest princes prophet punishment Rahab Rehoboam revenge sacrifice Samson Samuel Satan Saul Saul's sends servant shame Shechem shew sins Sisera Solomon sons soul spirit sword thee thine things thou thought tongue unto victory weak wherein whereof wicked wickedness wisdom wise wonder worthy
Popular passages
Page 468 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 600 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life to take it away.
Page 545 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 662 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 678 - ... her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Page 263 - If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
Page 663 - Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God ; and his flesh came again, like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Page 682 - Then they said one to another, We do not well : this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace...
Page 384 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 680 - And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.