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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page xii
... Heaven . The Great Mystery of Godliness . The Invisible World . VOL . VII . PRACTICAL WORKS . Heaven upon Earth . The Art of Divine Meditation . Characters of Virtues and Vices . Epistles . VI Decades . A Consolatory Letter to one under ...
... Heaven . The Great Mystery of Godliness . The Invisible World . VOL . VII . PRACTICAL WORKS . Heaven upon Earth . The Art of Divine Meditation . Characters of Virtues and Vices . Epistles . VI Decades . A Consolatory Letter to one under ...
Page 2
... HEAVEN , hath ever ruled the world ; how his substitutes , earthly kings , have ruled it un- der him , and with what success either of glory or ruin . Both your peace and war shall find here holy and great ex- amples . And if history ...
... HEAVEN , hath ever ruled the world ; how his substitutes , earthly kings , have ruled it un- der him , and with what success either of glory or ruin . Both your peace and war shall find here holy and great ex- amples . And if history ...
Page 4
... heaven and the earth were created in their rude matter , there was neither day nor light , but presently thou madest both light and day . While we have this example of thine , how vainly do we hope to be perfect at once ! It is well for ...
... heaven and the earth were created in their rude matter , there was neither day nor light , but presently thou madest both light and day . While we have this example of thine , how vainly do we hope to be perfect at once ! It is well for ...
Page 5
... heavens , it pleased thee at last to gather and unite into one body of the sun . The whole heaven was our sun , before the sun was created : but now one star must be the treasury of light to the heaven and earth . How thou lovest the ...
... heavens , it pleased thee at last to gather and unite into one body of the sun . The whole heaven was our sun , before the sun was created : but now one star must be the treasury of light to the heaven and earth . How thou lovest the ...
Page 5
... heaven no less glorious above the visible , than those above the earth . Oh how miserable is the place of our pilgrimage , in re- spect of our home ! Let my soul tread awhile in the steps of thine own proceedings ; and so think , as ...
... heaven no less glorious above the visible , than those above the earth . Oh how miserable is the place of our pilgrimage , in re- spect of our home ! Let my soul tread awhile in the steps of thine own proceedings ; and so think , as ...
Other editions - View all
The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D. D ... Joseph Hall,Josiah Pratt No preview available - 2015 |
The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D ... Joseph Hall,Josiah Pratt No preview available - 2015 |
The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D ... Joseph Hall,Josiah Pratt No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Abimelech Absalom Achish Adonijah Ahitophel altar Amalek Amalekites Ammonites angel Balaam behold better betwixt blessing blood brethren Canaan cast Church command curse danger dare David death divine doth durst earth Egypt Elijah enemies envy ephod evil eyes faith father favour fear fetch fire Gibeah Gideon give glory God's grace hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven holy honour hope idolatry Israel Israelites Jephthah Jeroboam Joab Joshua Judah judgment justice king knew less Levite live look Lord Mephibosheth mercy Midian Midianites Moab Moses mouth Nabal never offended once peace Pharaoh Philistines plague prayers priest princes prophet punishment Rehoboam revenge sacrifice Samson Samuel Satan Saul Saul's servant shame Shechem shew sins Solomon sons soul spirit sword thee ther thine things thou thought tion tongue unto victory weak wherein whereof wicked wickedness wisdom wise worthy
Popular passages
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.