Practical sermons on the characters of the Old Testament [by E. Monro. Issued in parts].1858 |
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... , upon the pretence of sup- porting caste ; he who deals with the acts of Christianity as if they were the unreality of a dream with the knee unbent in prayer and the lip unmoved to the Creed ; or those who , 10 DAVID .
... , upon the pretence of sup- porting caste ; he who deals with the acts of Christianity as if they were the unreality of a dream with the knee unbent in prayer and the lip unmoved to the Creed ; or those who , 10 DAVID .
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... acts which are more popularly and immediately termed religious . It is our duty to protect from personal injury those who are wishing to do right ; to shield from tyranny and violence those who , coming from home , strive to continue ...
... acts which are more popularly and immediately termed religious . It is our duty to protect from personal injury those who are wishing to do right ; to shield from tyranny and violence those who , coming from home , strive to continue ...
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... acts of heroism were against the beasts of the forest instead of against the war- rior and the hero ; he was sent as a messenger to the camp - the bearer of the cheeses and the loaves , unadorned with the shield or the sword . The ...
... acts of heroism were against the beasts of the forest instead of against the war- rior and the hero ; he was sent as a messenger to the camp - the bearer of the cheeses and the loaves , unadorned with the shield or the sword . The ...
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... act upon this as a principle and try the effect ; make the covenant with each other , to do right and to serve GOD . Two of you , perhaps , have an inclination to use wicked expressions , or , in an unguarded moment , to take GOD's Name ...
... act upon this as a principle and try the effect ; make the covenant with each other , to do right and to serve GOD . Two of you , perhaps , have an inclination to use wicked expressions , or , in an unguarded moment , to take GOD's Name ...
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... acts of ours are able to avert the operations of Satan upon us , and to present an all but invulnerable exterior to his attacks . The question therefore will be for us to ask , what are these acts which have so impor- tant an influence ...
... acts of ours are able to avert the operations of Satan upon us , and to present an all but invulnerable exterior to his attacks . The question therefore will be for us to ask , what are these acts which have so impor- tant an influence ...
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Page 214 - In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old...
Page 371 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 372 - Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame.
Page 382 - For God speaketh once, Yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, When deep sleep falleth upon men, In slumberings upon the bed ; Then he openeth the ears of men, And sealeth their instruction, That he my withdraw man from his purpose, And hide pride from man.
Page 141 - And he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces : for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee...
Page 309 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 376 - We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be spoken for? If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Page 292 - There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a "N azarite unto God from my mother's womb : if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.
Page 370 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 211 - Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?