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... desire , and thou shalt rule over him . By doing well he means doing as Abel did , offering in faith , which is the only well doing among sinful creatures . If Cain had believed in the Messiah , there was forgiveness for him , no less ...
... desire , and thou shalt rule over him . By doing well he means doing as Abel did , offering in faith , which is the only well doing among sinful creatures . If Cain had believed in the Messiah , there was forgiveness for him , no less ...
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... desires . The objects , though distant , were worth waiting for . He should be the father of a great nation ; and what was of greater account , and which was doubtless understood , that nation should be the Lord's . God him- self would ...
... desires . The objects , though distant , were worth waiting for . He should be the father of a great nation ; and what was of greater account , and which was doubtless understood , that nation should be the Lord's . God him- self would ...
Page 115
... desire more ? Yet , as if all this were not enough , it is added— Ver . 3. I will bless them that bless thee , and curse him that curs- eth thee . This is language never used but of an object of special favour . It is declaring that he ...
... desire more ? Yet , as if all this were not enough , it is added— Ver . 3. I will bless them that bless thee , and curse him that curs- eth thee . This is language never used but of an object of special favour . It is declaring that he ...
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... desire ; and , reflecting upon what had passed , is overcome with the goodness of God towards her , exclaiming , Have I also here looked after him that seeth me ! It was great mercy for God to have looked on her , and heard her ...
... desire ; and , reflecting upon what had passed , is overcome with the goodness of God towards her , exclaiming , Have I also here looked after him that seeth me ! It was great mercy for God to have looked on her , and heard her ...
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... desires after it , it becomes in a manner unwelcome to him ! What can he do or say , in so delicate a situation ? Grace would say ... desire : the temporal and spiritual welfare of his son , and 158 [ DISCOURSE XXV . COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM .
... desires after it , it becomes in a manner unwelcome to him ! What can he do or say , in so delicate a situation ? Grace would say ... desire : the temporal and spiritual welfare of his son , and 158 [ DISCOURSE XXV . COVENANT WITH ABRAHAM .
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Page 336 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 115 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham ; And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Unto you first, God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Page 399 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 73 - Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.
Page 213 - What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Page 279 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 112 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee...
Page 414 - God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Page 342 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Page 122 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.