Bible Biography: Or, The Lives and Characters of the Principal Personages Recorded in the Sacred Writings; Practically Adapted to the Instruction of Youth and Private Families; Together with an Appendix, Containing Thirty Dissertations on the Evidences of Divine Revelation from Timpson's Key to the Bible; Being a Complete Summary of Biblical Knowledge, Carefully Condensed and Compiled from Scott, Doddridge, Gill [etc.] ...Robert Sears R. Sears, 1842 - 491 pages |
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... possessed of a divine likeness . What a noble being then was Man , pure and ex- alted , righteous and god - like , living in obedience to the divine will , and in habits of close and immediate friendship with the great JEHOVAH ! Though ...
... possessed of a divine likeness . What a noble being then was Man , pure and ex- alted , righteous and god - like , living in obedience to the divine will , and in habits of close and immediate friendship with the great JEHOVAH ! Though ...
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... possessed ? " This futile objection is easily answered ; for if Adam had then no more sons , he doubtless had daughters who were married to Cain and Abel , for the latter could not be less than one hundred and twenty - five at the time ...
... possessed ? " This futile objection is easily answered ; for if Adam had then no more sons , he doubtless had daughters who were married to Cain and Abel , for the latter could not be less than one hundred and twenty - five at the time ...
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... possessed by the inhabitants of the old world , the history of them is black in the extreme . One or two pious excep- tions only are recorded , while the rest are represented as being so wicked , as " to grieve the Spirit of God " ( Gen ...
... possessed by the inhabitants of the old world , the history of them is black in the extreme . One or two pious excep- tions only are recorded , while the rest are represented as being so wicked , as " to grieve the Spirit of God " ( Gen ...
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... Possessed of absolute power , he might have retained the wife of Abram without any fear of opposition , or of rendering himself liable to censure . The man was a stranger , and an enemy to the religion of the country , consequently ...
... Possessed of absolute power , he might have retained the wife of Abram without any fear of opposition , or of rendering himself liable to censure . The man was a stranger , and an enemy to the religion of the country , consequently ...
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... possessed , have deemed himself warranted in chastising the servants of his nephew ; but he rejected every such measure , and calmly treated Lot as his equal and his brother . The elder yields to the younger , the powerful gives way to ...
... possessed , have deemed himself warranted in chastising the servants of his nephew ; but he rejected every such measure , and calmly treated Lot as his equal and his brother . The elder yields to the younger , the powerful gives way to ...
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Abimelech Abraham Ahab ALMIGHTY ancient apostle appears Babylon Balaam behold Bible blessed brethren brother called Canaan character child Christian church circumstance command conduct David death declaration disciples Divine Revelation doctrine duty earth Egypt Egyptian Elijah Elisha enemies Esau evil Exod faith father favor fear Gehazi Gibeon glorious glory gospel hand hath heart heaven Hebrew holy honor human idolatry inspired instruction Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob JEHOVAH Jerusalem JESUS CHRIST Jews Joseph Judea judgment king kingdom land LORD manner mercy MESSIAH mind miracle Moab monarch Moses nations Noah Old Testament patriarch persons Pharaoh Pharisees Philistines piety pious possessed priest prince promise prophecy prophet received REDEEMER religion rendered righteousness sacred sacrifice salvation Samuel Sarepta Saul SAVIOUR says Scriptures servant sins solemn Solomon sons soul spirit Syria thee things thou tion translation truth unto whole wisdom word