Sacred Biography, Or, The History of the Patriarchs: To which is Added the History of Deborah, Ruth, and Hannah, and Also the History of Jesus Christ , Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Scotch [i.e. Scots] Church, London Wall, Volume 2Glazier, 1828 |
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... turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever . ' Distance is then swallowed up and lost , and we mingle in the noble employ- ments and pure delights of the blessed immortals who encircle the throne of God . " " * It is ...
... turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever . ' Distance is then swallowed up and lost , and we mingle in the noble employ- ments and pure delights of the blessed immortals who encircle the throne of God . " " * It is ...
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... turn ; and the enemy of all goodness will condescend to quote that scripture which he hates , if it can help him to an argument for the occasion . With this affected de- ference for Moses , the Sadducees are aiming at the total ...
... turn ; and the enemy of all goodness will condescend to quote that scripture which he hates , if it can help him to an argument for the occasion . With this affected de- ference for Moses , the Sadducees are aiming at the total ...
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... turns out to be . Whatever his dignity was , the sacerdotal or royal , we find his daughters trained up in all the simplicity of those early times ; following the humble , harmless profession of shepherdesses . Wise is that father ...
... turns out to be . Whatever his dignity was , the sacerdotal or royal , we find his daughters trained up in all the simplicity of those early times ; following the humble , harmless profession of shepherdesses . Wise is that father ...
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... turns from what it has seen , in search of something yet undiscovered , striving to find in novelty and variety a compensation for the poverty , littleness , nothingness of the crea- ture . But when we withdraw from the haunts of men ...
... turns from what it has seen , in search of something yet undiscovered , striving to find in novelty and variety a compensation for the poverty , littleness , nothingness of the crea- ture . But when we withdraw from the haunts of men ...
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... turning aside to see this great sight ; " he hides his face , " afraid to look upon God . " It is ignorance of God , not intimate communion , which encourages forwardness and freedom . Angels , who know him best , and love him most ...
... turning aside to see this great sight ; " he hides his face , " afraid to look upon God . " It is ignorance of God , not intimate communion , which encourages forwardness and freedom . Angels , who know him best , and love him most ...
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Page 44 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 122 - I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh ; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 88 - For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward, how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation...
Page 9 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 74 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 124 - Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 13 - Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 3 - And Jesus answering said unto them ; The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage ; But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage...
Page 62 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going...
Page 4 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.