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Page 130 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 178 - If any man shall ADD UNTO THESE THINGS, GOD SHALL ADD UNTO HIM THE PLAGUES THAT ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK: and if any man shall TAKE AWAY FROM THE WORDS OF THE BOOK OF THIS PROPHECY, GOD SHALL TAKE AWAY HIS PART OUT OF THE BOOK OF LIFE AND OUT OF THE HOLY CITY, AND FROM THE THINGS WHICH ARE WRITTEN IN THIS BOOK.
Page 78 - Is this house, which is called by my name, become a den of robbers in your eyes?
Page 31 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 220 - O let not mine heart be inclined to any evil thing ; let me not be occupied in ungodly works with the men that work wickedness, lest I eat of such things as please them.
Page 74 - Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods ? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
Page 124 - He made a covenant with Jacob, and gave Israel a law ; which he commanded our forefathers to teach their children : that their posterity might know it ; and the children which were yet unborn ; to the intent that, when they came up, they might show their children the same ; that they might put their trust in God, and not to forget the works of God, but to keep his commandments.
Page 22 - Therefore will I return, and take away my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will recover my wool and my flax given to cover her nakedness.
Page 169 - Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying : This people draweth nigh unto Me with their mouth, and honoureth Me with their lips ; but their heart is far from Me. But in vain do they worship Me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Page 71 - The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me ; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek ; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound...
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| Title | The Art of Contentment |
| Author | Richard Allestree |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | At the Theater in Oxford, 1677 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 juuni 2007 |
| Length | 214 pages |
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