Guide to the Oracles: Or, The Bible Student's Vade-mecumWilliam Murray, 1858 - 341 pages |
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Page 84
... kingdom , so far as it could be of avail in the case , to bear on the great and notable under- taking that was now to be commenced . Some delay occurred in entering upon the busi- ness , so that it was not fairly begun before the year ...
... kingdom , so far as it could be of avail in the case , to bear on the great and notable under- taking that was now to be commenced . Some delay occurred in entering upon the busi- ness , so that it was not fairly begun before the year ...
Page 85
... kingdom , by authority , for his opinion . Nearly three years were occupied with the work- a period that seemed long to the impatience of many at the time , and was made the occasion of charging these good men with negligence and sloth ...
... kingdom , by authority , for his opinion . Nearly three years were occupied with the work- a period that seemed long to the impatience of many at the time , and was made the occasion of charging these good men with negligence and sloth ...
Page 126
... kingdoms of Israel and Judah , ( from this time the people of the ten tribes are called Israel , and those of the king- dom of Judah are called Jews ) ; the account of Elijah , the prophet , and of several kings . The reign of Solomon ...
... kingdoms of Israel and Judah , ( from this time the people of the ten tribes are called Israel , and those of the king- dom of Judah are called Jews ) ; the account of Elijah , the prophet , and of several kings . The reign of Solomon ...
Page 128
... kingdom of Judea , ( apart from Israel , ) to the year of the return of the people from Babylon . Samuel , Kings , and Chronicles should be read and compared together , as they re- late substantially the same histories , though with ...
... kingdom of Judea , ( apart from Israel , ) to the year of the return of the people from Babylon . Samuel , Kings , and Chronicles should be read and compared together , as they re- late substantially the same histories , though with ...
Page 138
... kingdoms and cities , marriage , the covenant of God , adultery , departure from God to idols . Difficulties in understanding the prophecies arise from our ignorance of history and Scripture , or from the prophecies being yet ...
... kingdoms and cities , marriage , the covenant of God , adultery , departure from God to idols . Difficulties in understanding the prophecies arise from our ignorance of history and Scripture , or from the prophecies being yet ...
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Page 73 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 235 - And his fame went throughout all Syria; and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Page 244 - DIM as the borrow'd beams of Moon and stars To lonely, weary, wandering travellers, Is reason to the soul : and as on high, Those rolling fires discover but the sky, Not light us here ; so Reason's glimmering ray Was lent, not to assure our doubtful way, But guide us upward to a better day. And as those nightly tapers disappear When day's bright lord ascends our hemisphere ; So pale grows Reason at Religion's sight ; So dies, and so dissolves in supernatural light.
Page 100 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works.
Page 289 - Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you. Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver is cankered ; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.
Page 290 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance ? But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God...
Page 234 - How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil ; for God was with him.
Page 57 - ... where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
Page 289 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh : for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...
Page 75 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from when the rivers come, thither they return again.