The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich:: Now First Collected, with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings,C. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1808 |
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... blood cries : every drop of innocent blood hath a tongue , and is not only vocal , but importunate : what a noise then did the blood of my Saviour make in heaven ! who was himself the shepherd and the sacrifice ; the man that was ...
... blood cries : every drop of innocent blood hath a tongue , and is not only vocal , but importunate : what a noise then did the blood of my Saviour make in heaven ! who was himself the shepherd and the sacrifice ; the man that was ...
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... blood . And now he dares answer God with a question , Am I my bro- ther's keeper ? where he should have said , Am not I my brother's murderer ? Behold , he scorneth to keep whom he feared not to kill : good duties are base and ...
... blood . And now he dares answer God with a question , Am I my bro- ther's keeper ? where he should have said , Am not I my brother's murderer ? Behold , he scorneth to keep whom he feared not to kill : good duties are base and ...
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... a word . Happy is that man , which , in all things , neglecting the counsels of flesh and blood , depends upon the commission of his Maker . Gen. vi , vii , viii . CONTEMPLATIONS . BOOK II . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE 20 CONTEMPLATIONS .
... a word . Happy is that man , which , in all things , neglecting the counsels of flesh and blood , depends upon the commission of his Maker . Gen. vi , vii , viii . CONTEMPLATIONS . BOOK II . TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE 20 CONTEMPLATIONS .
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... blood to him , that was the owner of all : How glad he is to carry this painful mark of the love of his Cre- ator ! how forward to seal this covenant with blood , betwixt God and him ! not regarding the soreness of his body , in ...
... blood to him , that was the owner of all : How glad he is to carry this painful mark of the love of his Cre- ator ! how forward to seal this covenant with blood , betwixt God and him ! not regarding the soreness of his body , in ...
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... blood ? Is it possible that mur- der should become piety ? or , if thou wilt needs take pleasure in a human sacrifice , is there none but Isaac fit for thine altar ; none but Abraham to offer him ? Shall these hands destroy the fruits ...
... blood ? Is it possible that mur- der should become piety ? or , if thou wilt needs take pleasure in a human sacrifice , is there none but Isaac fit for thine altar ; none but Abraham to offer him ? Shall these hands destroy the fruits ...
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Page 446 - My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 490 - Then Jezebel sent a messenger unto Elijah, saying, So let the gods do to me, and more also, if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by tomorrow about this time.
Page 485 - But there was no voice, nor any that answered. And they leaped upon the altar which was made. And it came to pass at noon, that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud: for he is a god; either he is talking, or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 422 - But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
Page 359 - Ye sought for David in times past to be king over you : 18 Now then do it : for the Lord hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.
Page 384 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 425 - Jether, whom he slew, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war upon his girdle that was about his loins, and in his shoes that were on his feet. Do therefore according to thy wisdom, and let not his hoar head go down to the grave in peace.
Page 422 - And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
Page 318 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 406 - Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.