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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... wickedness . A safe , though not perhaps an unerring guide in judging of this comparative degeneracy , may be found in the judgments which have been inflicted upon it by a retributive Providence . The rec- ords of the past teach us the ...
... wickedness . A safe , though not perhaps an unerring guide in judging of this comparative degeneracy , may be found in the judgments which have been inflicted upon it by a retributive Providence . The rec- ords of the past teach us the ...
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... wickedness deeply rooted and intense . The language by which it is described is plain and simple ; it has none of the figures of rhetoric ; but it is exceedingly em- phatic and strong . " And God saw that the wickedness of man was great ...
... wickedness deeply rooted and intense . The language by which it is described is plain and simple ; it has none of the figures of rhetoric ; but it is exceedingly em- phatic and strong . " And God saw that the wickedness of man was great ...
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... wickedness , but for extended combinations ; and such were their powers of endurance that they could better afford to become bold and sturdy transgressors than any other race . Whatever dif- ference of rank and station then existed was ...
... wickedness , but for extended combinations ; and such were their powers of endurance that they could better afford to become bold and sturdy transgressors than any other race . Whatever dif- ference of rank and station then existed was ...
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... wickedness , squal- id and filthy , and stained by many a deed of dis- honesty and licentiousness . It was a horrid and revolting scene for the eye of Heaven to look upon . Men were wicked on principle and by common consent . Impiety ...
... wickedness , squal- id and filthy , and stained by many a deed of dis- honesty and licentiousness . It was a horrid and revolting scene for the eye of Heaven to look upon . Men were wicked on principle and by common consent . Impiety ...
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... wickedness was there , and the place of righteousness that iniquity was there . " All classes , all times , all places , all employments had become vile . Every thing was impious . In- iquity , unrelieved , unceasing , reigned and ...
... wickedness was there , and the place of righteousness that iniquity was there . " All classes , all times , all places , all employments had become vile . Every thing was impious . In- iquity , unrelieved , unceasing , reigned and ...
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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.