Select British divines, ed. by C. Bradley, Volume 16Charles Bradley 1823 |
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... face to fit that tongue , which should say , ' Conjecture to me by the familiar spirit , and bring me up whom I shall name unto thee . ' An obdurate heart can give way to any thing . Notwithstanding the peremptory edict of Saul , there ...
... face to fit that tongue , which should say , ' Conjecture to me by the familiar spirit , and bring me up whom I shall name unto thee . ' An obdurate heart can give way to any thing . Notwithstanding the peremptory edict of Saul , there ...
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... faces and hearts had the wives of David , and the other captives of Israel , looked on the triumphal revels of Amalek ; and what a change , do we think , appeared in them , when they saw their happy and valiant rescuers , flying in on ...
... faces and hearts had the wives of David , and the other captives of Israel , looked on the triumphal revels of Amalek ; and what a change , do we think , appeared in them , when they saw their happy and valiant rescuers , flying in on ...
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... face of honest zeal . Those , who out of true grounds dis- like sins , do hate them all indifferently , according to their heinousness : hypocrites are partial in their detestation ; bewraying ever most bitterness against those offences ...
... face of honest zeal . Those , who out of true grounds dis- like sins , do hate them all indifferently , according to their heinousness : hypocrites are partial in their detestation ; bewraying ever most bitterness against those offences ...
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... face of death in one of the chief actors in this holy procession . He , that had found God so favorable to him in actions of less worth , is troubled to see this success of a business so heartily directed unto his God ; and now he ...
... face of death in one of the chief actors in this holy procession . He , that had found God so favorable to him in actions of less worth , is troubled to see this success of a business so heartily directed unto his God ; and now he ...
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... face ; ' Oh , how glorious was the king of Israel this day ; which was un- covered this day in the eyes of the maidens of his servants , as a fool uncovereth himself ! ' Worldly hearts can see nothing in actions of zeal , but folly and ...
... face ; ' Oh , how glorious was the king of Israel this day ; which was un- covered this day in the eyes of the maidens of his servants , as a fool uncovereth himself ! ' Worldly hearts can see nothing in actions of zeal , but folly and ...
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Page 73 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 220 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life to take it away.
Page 459 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : and if I perish, I perish.
Page 250 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 422 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Page 313 - And when he had called her, she stood before him. And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care ; what is to be done for thee ? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
Page 158 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 309 - Then they said one to another, We do not well : this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace...
Page 460 - And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
Page 399 - O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.