Sacred Biography Or: The History of the Patriarchs, to which is Added, the History of Deborah, Ruth, and HannahManning & Loring, 1794 |
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... those whom we dearly loved , and one of the most abundant confolations furnished by relig- ion , is the belief that our departed friends are , at their death , difpofed of infinitely to their advantage . We weep and mourn while we ...
... those whom we dearly loved , and one of the most abundant confolations furnished by relig- ion , is the belief that our departed friends are , at their death , difpofed of infinitely to their advantage . We weep and mourn while we ...
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... those bleffed regions where all the faithful live , and reign , and rejoice ; where " they that be wife fhine as the brightnefs of the firmament , and they that turn many to righteoufnefs as the ftars forever and ever . " * Distance is ...
... those bleffed regions where all the faithful live , and reign , and rejoice ; where " they that be wife fhine as the brightnefs of the firmament , and they that turn many to righteoufnefs as the ftars forever and ever . " * Distance is ...
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... those finful pleasures to which they were addicted , they denied the existence of fpirit , the immortality of the foul , and a future ftate of retribution . They alleged that the law was filent on thofe points , and that this filence ...
... those finful pleasures to which they were addicted , they denied the existence of fpirit , the immortality of the foul , and a future ftate of retribution . They alleged that the law was filent on thofe points , and that this filence ...
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... those alfo of whom I have heard and read , and the history of whose lives I myself have written , for the inftruction of mankind . Í have the confolation of reflecting , that I have not lived wholly in vain and I quit my ftation in life ...
... those alfo of whom I have heard and read , and the history of whose lives I myself have written , for the inftruction of mankind . Í have the confolation of reflecting , that I have not lived wholly in vain and I quit my ftation in life ...
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... one of those rare examples of true greatnefs of mind , which made a voluntary facrifice of the most enviable fituation , and the most flattering profpects , which human life admits admits of ; and that at an age when the.
... one of those rare examples of true greatnefs of mind , which made a voluntary facrifice of the most enviable fituation , and the most flattering profpects , which human life admits admits of ; and that at an age when the.
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Page 127 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 115 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Page 227 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 17 - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Page x - Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Page 97 - Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 180 - Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the Bread Which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the Living Bread Which came down from Heaven : if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever : and the Bread That I will give is My Flesh, Which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 205 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 119 - And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Page 173 - Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.