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... servants , and the heart of servants to their masters , the heart of kings , or of governors , to their subjects , and the heart of subjects to their rulers ? If the general prevalence of religion through- out a nation be the object ...
... servants , and the heart of servants to their masters , the heart of kings , or of governors , to their subjects , and the heart of subjects to their rulers ? If the general prevalence of religion through- out a nation be the object ...
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... servants not living under the same roof , or the governor and the governed in the same kingdom , must both engage and engross the public mind ; but never can you so effectually penetrate into the whole economy of man , as by touching ...
... servants not living under the same roof , or the governor and the governed in the same kingdom , must both engage and engross the public mind ; but never can you so effectually penetrate into the whole economy of man , as by touching ...
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... Servant - Servant and Child . In many passages of Sacred Writ , there will be seen much of force and beauty , when the connexions sub- sisting between the several parts of this constitution are fully considered . HUSBAND AND WIFE ...
... Servant - Servant and Child . In many passages of Sacred Writ , there will be seen much of force and beauty , when the connexions sub- sisting between the several parts of this constitution are fully considered . HUSBAND AND WIFE ...
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... servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren . And he said , Blessed be the Lord God of Shem , and Canaan shall be his servant . " Now , does not this descending curse of the Almighty , pronounced by Noah , as a prophet , on his ...
... servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren . And he said , Blessed be the Lord God of Shem , and Canaan shall be his servant . " Now , does not this descending curse of the Almighty , pronounced by Noah , as a prophet , on his ...
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... servants to their brethren ; " and so were employed in servile work by Solomon and his successors . On the other hand , an illustration equally striking of the blessing now announced in the decalogue , is furnished by a reference to ...
... servants to their brethren ; " and so were employed in servile work by Solomon and his successors . On the other hand , an illustration equally striking of the blessing now announced in the decalogue , is furnished by a reference to ...
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Page 226 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 351 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 63 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 260 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 118 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 74 - And the tables were the work of God, and the writing was the writing of God, graven upon the tables.
Page 442 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 450 - Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Page 451 - Thus saith the LORD, the Holy One of Israel, and his Maker, Ask me of things to come concerning my sons, and concerning the work of my hands command ye me.
Page 423 - ... stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow: that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all the work of thine hands. 20 When thou beatest thine olivetree, thou shalt not go over the boughs again: it shall be for the stranger, for the fatherless, and for the widow.