Scripture Biography, Or, The Lives and Characters of the Principal Personages Recorded in Sacred Writings: Practically Adapted to the Instruction of Youth and Private FamiliesRichard Phillips, 1802 - 494 pages |
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... state both Adam and all his pofterity must have continued for ever , had not the Almighty , in pure benignity , provided a remedy . It is , therefore , delightful for us to turn from the affect- ing and melancholy history we have been ...
... state both Adam and all his pofterity must have continued for ever , had not the Almighty , in pure benignity , provided a remedy . It is , therefore , delightful for us to turn from the affect- ing and melancholy history we have been ...
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... state , it is no lefs an evidence of that of the refurrection ; for if corruption is thus made to inherit incorruption , if that which is mortal is made to put on immortality , and a perifhable body is tranflated into the realms of ...
... state , it is no lefs an evidence of that of the refurrection ; for if corruption is thus made to inherit incorruption , if that which is mortal is made to put on immortality , and a perifhable body is tranflated into the realms of ...
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... state , vice will always have a predominating influence in fociety ; and corrupt principles and evil cuftoms will be fo prevalent as to require no ordinary ftrength of mind to keep us from being affected by the contagion . What , then ...
... state , vice will always have a predominating influence in fociety ; and corrupt principles and evil cuftoms will be fo prevalent as to require no ordinary ftrength of mind to keep us from being affected by the contagion . What , then ...
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... state ; mercy fhall defcend thereon as the dew , and righteousness spring out of the ground . " No evil , either natural or moral , shall disfigure it , for " all fhall know and obey the Lord , from the leaft to the greatest . " The ...
... state ; mercy fhall defcend thereon as the dew , and righteousness spring out of the ground . " No evil , either natural or moral , shall disfigure it , for " all fhall know and obey the Lord , from the leaft to the greatest . " The ...
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... state . His daughter Dinah , attracted by the gaieties of Shechem , went thither at the celebration of fome great feftival , which probably was of an idolatrous kind . This is the account of Jofephus , and it is a natural illuf- tration ...
... state . His daughter Dinah , attracted by the gaieties of Shechem , went thither at the celebration of fome great feftival , which probably was of an idolatrous kind . This is the account of Jofephus , and it is a natural illuf- tration ...
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Abraham Abram againſt alfo Almighty anno mundi anſwer Balaam becauſe behold bleffed brethren Canaan caufe cauſe Chrift circumftance command conduct confequence confiderable David death defcended defign defire difciples divine earth Efau Egypt Elijah evil expreffed facred facrifice fafely faid faith falvation fame father favour fays fear feems fenfe fent fervant ferve fervice feven fhall fhew firſt folemn fome foon forrow foul fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered glory greateſt hath heart heaven himſelf holy honour houfe houſe Ifaac Ifrael Ifraelites inftead inftructive itſelf Jacob Jefus Jehovah Jews Jofeph king laft land Lord mafter meffenger Meffiah mind Moab Mofes moft moſt muft muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffed paffions patriarch perfons Pharaoh pious poffeffed prefence promife prophet purpoſe refpect reft Saul ſhall ſhe Shechem ſhould ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou tion unto vifitation whofe wifdom wife