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... senses . He might , by his providence , point with the finger , or by his prophets utter a voice , or by direct communion with the human mind he may have told Abraham , " Get thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , and from thy ...
... senses . He might , by his providence , point with the finger , or by his prophets utter a voice , or by direct communion with the human mind he may have told Abraham , " Get thee out of thy country , and from thy kindred , and from thy ...
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... sense that we can only see great things when they are physically great ; and so insensible are we , that we cannot see that those little things are , though seemingly minute to us yet , developing themselves into the most striking and ...
... sense that we can only see great things when they are physically great ; and so insensible are we , that we cannot see that those little things are , though seemingly minute to us yet , developing themselves into the most striking and ...
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... sense , of course , in which he shall be a blessing , and that is expressed in these words , " And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed . " This is explained by the apostle in the Epistle to the Gala- tians , and there can ...
... sense , of course , in which he shall be a blessing , and that is expressed in these words , " And in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed . " This is explained by the apostle in the Epistle to the Gala- tians , and there can ...
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... sense , - " Our country's strength , our country's strength , It is not in her soil ; For her hardy sons their substance gain By industry and toil . " Our country's strength , our country's strength , It is not in her clime ; For her ...
... sense , - " Our country's strength , our country's strength , It is not in her soil ; For her hardy sons their substance gain By industry and toil . " Our country's strength , our country's strength , It is not in her clime ; For her ...
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... sense of fear , or God would not have addressed him in the words , " Fear not , Abram . " Worldly men would be exceedingly perplexed to say why the patri- arch should have been so very much depressed . He was rich in silver and in gold ...
... sense of fear , or God would not have addressed him in the words , " Fear not , Abram . " Worldly men would be exceedingly perplexed to say why the patri- arch should have been so very much depressed . He was rich in silver and in gold ...
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Page 202 - But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants: the one from Mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Page 142 - And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
Page 143 - Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 138 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac ; and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said ; That in Isaac shall thy seed be called ; accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead ; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 70 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it. Neither yet now are ye able. For ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men...
Page 353 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace, then shall the LORD be my God...
Page 109 - Is not the whole land before thee ? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 108 - And he went on his journeys from the south even to Bethel, unto the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and...
Page 64 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise. But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors: Amid these earthly damps, What seem to us but sad funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 2 - And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, " In thee shall all nations be blessed.