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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... Never did the sun shine upon such a combination of deeply - imbedded and various and vigorous wickedness . To add blackness to the shades of this dark picture , we must also bear in mind that the wick- • edness was universal . It is a ...
... Never did the sun shine upon such a combination of deeply - imbedded and various and vigorous wickedness . To add blackness to the shades of this dark picture , we must also bear in mind that the wick- • edness was universal . It is a ...
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... never believe , because they re- ject the testimony of God and confide in the com- mandments and traditions of men ; they never hope , because their hopes are founded on the changeful assurances of beings more wicked than themselves ...
... never believe , because they re- ject the testimony of God and confide in the com- mandments and traditions of men ; they never hope , because their hopes are founded on the changeful assurances of beings more wicked than themselves ...
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... never , before or since , put to so severe a test . All men and all visible things were against him ; yet had he hope against hope , and tranquil endurance amid " great swelling words of vanity . " Scoffing unbelief and cutting irony ...
... never , before or since , put to so severe a test . All men and all visible things were against him ; yet had he hope against hope , and tranquil endurance amid " great swelling words of vanity . " Scoffing unbelief and cutting irony ...
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... never so needed the divine protection as at this fearful hour ; and never was it so signally vouchsafed as when he was hidden within those secret chambers , so wonderfully arranged by divine wisdom and love . The narrative is a familiar ...
... never so needed the divine protection as at this fearful hour ; and never was it so signally vouchsafed as when he was hidden within those secret chambers , so wonderfully arranged by divine wisdom and love . The narrative is a familiar ...
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... never was man more composed , and never were hopes in brighter bloom . There were no lights in the heaven to shine upon the mingling elements . Nothing could be seen upon that dark and solitary waste but the single light glimmering from ...
... never was man more composed , and never were hopes in brighter bloom . There were no lights in the heaven to shine upon the mingling elements . Nothing could be seen upon that dark and solitary waste but the single light glimmering from ...
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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.