The Contrast Between Good and Bad Men: Illustrated by the Biography and Truths of the Bible, Volume 1M. W. Dodd, 1855 |
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... God ; ' God's family and people ; while the separated , exiled , and antagonist descendants of the murder- er were emphatically human , bore the image of the earthly , and were appropriately designated " the sons and daughters of men ...
... God ; ' God's family and people ; while the separated , exiled , and antagonist descendants of the murder- er were emphatically human , bore the image of the earthly , and were appropriately designated " the sons and daughters of men ...
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... God . That which most offended him was the debased charac- ter of the descendants of Seth , whom he had set apart for ... God's professed children , this last and only hope of the world , was lost ; all were flesh , carnal and sold under ...
... God . That which most offended him was the debased charac- ter of the descendants of Seth , whom he had set apart for ... God's professed children , this last and only hope of the world , was lost ; all were flesh , carnal and sold under ...
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... God's ways , both of mercy and judgment , are not as man's ways . The patriarchal age was a great experiment upon the human character . It was the first experiment subsequent to that which was made in the Garden of Eden ; and while it ...
... God's ways , both of mercy and judgment , are not as man's ways . The patriarchal age was a great experiment upon the human character . It was the first experiment subsequent to that which was made in the Garden of Eden ; and while it ...
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... God " should mark iniquity , " and withdraw his supporting hand , what multitudes in the midst of us would drop into ... God's forbearance you are left to doubt his coming wrath . Trifle not with his veracity when he tells you of that ...
... God " should mark iniquity , " and withdraw his supporting hand , what multitudes in the midst of us would drop into ... God's forbearance you are left to doubt his coming wrath . Trifle not with his veracity when he tells you of that ...
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... God , and shuns his presence . Such was the wickedness of the antediluvian world ; it was practical atheism . Piety loves God , and seeks his presence and love ; such was the piety of Noah . Centuries after he was gathered to his ...
... God , and shuns his presence . Such was the wickedness of the antediluvian world ; it was practical atheism . Piety loves God , and seeks his presence and love ; such was the piety of Noah . Centuries after he was gathered to his ...
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Page 18 - AND it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair; and they took them wives of all which they chose.
Page 217 - Who can count the dust of Jacob, And the number of the fourth part of Israel ? Let me die the death of the righteous, And let my last end be like his!
Page 175 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.
Page 199 - 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.