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... had first undergone a revisal from proper judges , left I'fhould incur that woe denounced by the Prophet against those that are wife in their own eyes , and prudent in " their own fight . ' ' And to thofe their I xiv ]
... had first undergone a revisal from proper judges , left I'fhould incur that woe denounced by the Prophet against those that are wife in their own eyes , and prudent in " their own fight . ' ' And to thofe their I xiv ]
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... . In his defence , how nobly did he expose him- self to all the tranfports of his father's fury ! How industrious was he to defeat the plots - 2 that that were continually laid by him against his life ! 4 An Illustration of A.
... . In his defence , how nobly did he expose him- self to all the tranfports of his father's fury ! How industrious was he to defeat the plots - 2 that that were continually laid by him against his life ! 4 An Illustration of A.
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Mary Deverell. that were continually laid by him against his life ! And how warmly , upon all occafions , did he plead his cause ! BUT , on the contrary , how earneft was the rancorous and implacable SAUL , to shake his fidelity , and ...
Mary Deverell. that were continually laid by him against his life ! And how warmly , upon all occafions , did he plead his cause ! BUT , on the contrary , how earneft was the rancorous and implacable SAUL , to shake his fidelity , and ...
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... against us . DAVID piously repofed his confidence in GOD , and found the friend , that would plead for him ; and that too , with fuch pathos , energy , and generous ardour , as will ever be the admiration of every age . For when will ...
... against us . DAVID piously repofed his confidence in GOD , and found the friend , that would plead for him ; and that too , with fuch pathos , energy , and generous ardour , as will ever be the admiration of every age . For when will ...
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... against me . The ox knoweth his owner , and the afs his master's crib ; but Ifrael doth not know ; my people doth not confider . Even creatures , led only by fenfe and inftinct , " will carefs , love , and obey their benefac- tor ; but ...
... against me . The ox knoweth his owner , and the afs his master's crib ; but Ifrael doth not know ; my people doth not confider . Even creatures , led only by fenfe and inftinct , " will carefs , love , and obey their benefac- tor ; but ...
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Page 155 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it ? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes ? And now, go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.
Page 103 - I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms ; but they knew not that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love...
Page 126 - And Jesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 93 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 109 - ... he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the Wild asses ; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven...
Page 212 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 158 - It is a period nowhere to be found In all the hoary registers of time, Unless perchance in the fool's calendar. Wisdom disclaims the word, nor" holds society With those who own it. No, my Horatio, 'Tis Fancy's child, and Folly is its father; Wrought of such stuff as dreams are; and baseless As the fantastic visions of the evening.
Page 137 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 109 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 162 - For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.