Messiah: Fifty Expository Discourses, on the Series of Scriptural Passages, which Form the Subject of the Celebrated Oratorio of Handel, Volume 2author and sold, 1786 - Messiah |
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... pleased to reveal himself by those names which express the nearest relation and en- dearment amongst ourselves . Thus he con- descends to style himself the Father , the Husband , and the Friend of his people . But though in this way ...
... pleased to reveal himself by those names which express the nearest relation and en- dearment amongst ourselves . Thus he con- descends to style himself the Father , the Husband , and the Friend of his people . But though in this way ...
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... pleased to say , God fo loved the world , that he gave his only begotten Son , & c . † It was undoubtedly his defign , by this ex- * Matt . xxviii . 19 . ↑ John iii . 16 . preffion , preffion , to give to Nicodemus and to us , 26 ...
... pleased to say , God fo loved the world , that he gave his only begotten Son , & c . † It was undoubtedly his defign , by this ex- * Matt . xxviii . 19 . ↑ John iii . 16 . preffion , preffion , to give to Nicodemus and to us , 26 ...
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... pleased to account them his portion , and his jewels . It doth not yet appear what they fhall be . But the day is coming when their mourning shall be ended , their characters vindicated , and they shall shine like the sun in the kingdom ...
... pleased to account them his portion , and his jewels . It doth not yet appear what they fhall be . But the day is coming when their mourning shall be ended , their characters vindicated , and they shall shine like the sun in the kingdom ...
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... pleased ; and a preacher of very moderate powers would fix your attention , and gain your esteem , if he preached this gospel . But what ideas do you you form of a future ftate ? Surely , you can- not suppose that in the eternal world ...
... pleased ; and a preacher of very moderate powers would fix your attention , and gain your esteem , if he preached this gospel . But what ideas do you you form of a future ftate ? Surely , you can- not suppose that in the eternal world ...
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... pleased to ftand in to them , and from the value and dignity of his engagements on their behalf . Such gifts as he alone could com- municate , and which alone could reftore them to the favour of God , and revive his image in their ...
... pleased to ftand in to them , and from the value and dignity of his engagements on their behalf . Such gifts as he alone could com- municate , and which alone could reftore them to the favour of God , and revive his image in their ...
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Page 411 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 44 - ... and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb...
Page 6 - ... to his Father and our Father, to his God and our God.
Page 38 - 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. And one cried unto another, and said, Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of his glory.
Page 44 - And it shall be said in that day, " Lo, this is our God ; we have waited for him, and he will save us : this is the Lord ; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
Page 200 - And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land : and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Page 127 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
Page 278 - For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Page 199 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf and the young lion and the failing together ; and a little child shall lead them.