The Tombs of the Prophets: A Lay Sermon on the Corruptions of the Church of ChristW.B. Johnson, 1831 - 59 pages |
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... thee , if thou wilt fall down and worship me . " ( Matt . iv . 8. ) Now the tempter knew to whom he was speak- ing , even to God himself ; and it is clear that as this his claim to the kingdoms of the world and their glory , was boldly ...
... thee , if thou wilt fall down and worship me . " ( Matt . iv . 8. ) Now the tempter knew to whom he was speak- ing , even to God himself ; and it is clear that as this his claim to the kingdoms of the world and their glory , was boldly ...
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... thee , the fairest portion of ' every kingdom shall be thine . Behold the fields yellow for the harvests ; see redundant wealth teeming in every pasture , and look at the cattle on a thousand hills : the tenth of all things ' under the ...
... thee , the fairest portion of ' every kingdom shall be thine . Behold the fields yellow for the harvests ; see redundant wealth teeming in every pasture , and look at the cattle on a thousand hills : the tenth of all things ' under the ...
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... thee ; I give thee the flower of all earth's ' chivalry - I give thee the strength of arms , the sword , the shield , and the battle . No base thing shall come nigh thee , no slave , no beggar , no bondsman ; but all shall be rich ...
... thee ; I give thee the flower of all earth's ' chivalry - I give thee the strength of arms , the sword , the shield , and the battle . No base thing shall come nigh thee , no slave , no beggar , no bondsman ; but all shall be rich ...
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... thee a brazen pillar against the kings of Judah , against the Princes , and against the Priests - speak unto them all I com- mand thee , be not dismayed at their faces , ' ( i . ) ' the priests say ' not - where is the Lord , they that ...
... thee a brazen pillar against the kings of Judah , against the Princes , and against the Priests - speak unto them all I com- mand thee , be not dismayed at their faces , ' ( i . ) ' the priests say ' not - where is the Lord , they that ...
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... thee , let this man be put to death , for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people but the hurt . ' The king assented to their truly clerical request , whereon they took the prophet and threw him into the dungeon of Malcaiah ...
... thee , let this man be put to death , for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people but the hurt . ' The king assented to their truly clerical request , whereon they took the prophet and threw him into the dungeon of Malcaiah ...
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Page 9 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 23 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought...
Page 54 - And the kings of the earth, who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her, shall bewail her, and lament for her, when they shall see the smoke of her burning, standing afar off for the fear of her torment, saying, Alas, alas, that great city Babylon, that mighty city ! for in one hour is thy judgment come.
Page 55 - And a mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, and cast it into the sea, saying, Thus with violence shall that great city Babylon be thrown down, and shall be found no more at all.
Page 29 - Let no man deceive you by any means ; for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition; who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God, showing himself that he is God.
Page 12 - Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word...
Page 54 - And he cried mightily with a strong voice, saying, Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit. and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird.
Page 21 - Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomination unto me, the new moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Page 24 - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.
Page 17 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God ? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.