An Epitome of General Ecclesiastical History from the Earliest Period to the Present Time: With ... a ... History of the Jews, from the Destruction of Jerusalem to the Present DayJ. Tilden and Company, 1840 - 437 pages |
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... piety and age , by all about him ; but he seems to have been unknown by the family of that pious patriarch . His de- scendants , however , we soon find in the regions of Chal- dea and Assyria ; though , by many able and learned wri ...
... piety and age , by all about him ; but he seems to have been unknown by the family of that pious patriarch . His de- scendants , however , we soon find in the regions of Chal- dea and Assyria ; though , by many able and learned wri ...
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... piety , truth , and even physical evils , evil fortune , and several , the very vices of men . Some of the gods were supposed to be good , and the authors of happiness ; others , cruel and malignant , the au- thors of all misery . Every ...
... piety , truth , and even physical evils , evil fortune , and several , the very vices of men . Some of the gods were supposed to be good , and the authors of happiness ; others , cruel and malignant , the au- thors of all misery . Every ...
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... piety , and the very promises and covenant of God ratified over and over ! But nothing of this . With calm submission and holy con- fidence in Jehovah , he went forward and built the altar , and laid the wood , and bound Isaac his son ...
... piety , and the very promises and covenant of God ratified over and over ! But nothing of this . With calm submission and holy con- fidence in Jehovah , he went forward and built the altar , and laid the wood , and bound Isaac his son ...
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... piety ; and , with inimitable majesty , proclaims the Almighty power and un- searchable wisdom of the Maker of the Universe . With all his faults , Job was a man of deep humility and exalted piety . Through traditional religion and the ...
... piety ; and , with inimitable majesty , proclaims the Almighty power and un- searchable wisdom of the Maker of the Universe . With all his faults , Job was a man of deep humility and exalted piety . Through traditional religion and the ...
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... piety , and priestly character , and received as a distinguish- ed favor , his blessing . Over Gerar in Philistia , reigned Abimelech , an upright man , who acknowledged and feared Jehovah . All these nations must have been solemnly ...
... piety , and priestly character , and received as a distinguish- ed favor , his blessing . Over Gerar in Philistia , reigned Abimelech , an upright man , who acknowledged and feared Jehovah . All these nations must have been solemnly ...
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Page 51 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 150 - But the Lord said unto him, Go thy way : for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles, and kings, and the children of Israel : for I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
Page 47 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 84 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for Himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 225 - And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Page 81 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning ! If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth ; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy...
Page 84 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times.
Page 86 - Who is there among you of all his people ? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Page 149 - And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest; it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Page 62 - Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem, saying, Thus saith the Lord: I remember thee, the kindness of thy youth, the love of thine espousals, when thou wentest after me in the wilderness, in a land that was not sown.