The Bible History of Prayer: With Practical ReflectionsAuthor, 1851 - 384 pages |
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... evil deeds , should share in their punishment . The measure proposed of sending for a wife for Isaac into Meso- potamia , where Nahor , Abraham's brother , and his family were living , was , therefore , every way worthy of one upon whom ...
... evil deeds , should share in their punishment . The measure proposed of sending for a wife for Isaac into Meso- potamia , where Nahor , Abraham's brother , and his family were living , was , therefore , every way worthy of one upon whom ...
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... evil against thy people . Remember Abraham , Isaac , and Israel , thy servants , to whom thou swarest by thine own self , and saidst unto them , I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven , and all this land that I have spoken of ...
... evil against thy people . Remember Abraham , Isaac , and Israel , thy servants , to whom thou swarest by thine own self , and saidst unto them , I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven , and all this land that I have spoken of ...
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... evil which he thought to do unto his people . " His request being granted , he descends the mountain , and approaches the scene of mirth and idolatry . There stood the " molten calf , " the monument of folly and madness ; and there was ...
... evil which he thought to do unto his people . " His request being granted , he descends the mountain , and approaches the scene of mirth and idolatry . There stood the " molten calf , " the monument of folly and madness ; and there was ...
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... evil report . " The inhabitants , they represented as strong and giant - like , and the cities walled and impregnable . The conquest of the country , in their view , was impracticable . A report , so gloomy and depressing , filled the ...
... evil report . " The inhabitants , they represented as strong and giant - like , and the cities walled and impregnable . The conquest of the country , in their view , was impracticable . A report , so gloomy and depressing , filled the ...
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... evil place - no place of seed , or of figs , or vines , or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink . " Water is abundantly supplied , and their com- plainings cease . But a short time only elapses ere the spirit of ...
... evil place - no place of seed , or of figs , or vines , or of pomegranates ; neither is there any water to drink . " Water is abundantly supplied , and their com- plainings cease . But a short time only elapses ere the spirit of ...
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Page 309 - At that day ye shall ask in My name : and . I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 9 - They hand in hand with wand'ring steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.
Page 132 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. 37 Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 229 - And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.
Page 190 - Thus saith the Lord God, I will yet for this be inquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them ; I will increase them with men like a flock.
Page 279 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 189 - Behold, I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, whither they be gone, and will gather them on every side, and bring them into their own land. And I will make them one nation in the land upon the mountains of Israel, and one king shall be king to them all ; and they shall be no more two nations, neither shall they be divided into two kingdoms any more at all.
Page 18 - And God said, Sarah thy wife shall bear thee a son indeed; and thou shalt call his name Isaac: and I will establish my covenant with him for an everlasting covenant, and with his seed after him.
Page 340 - And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
Page 175 - Alexander the coppersmith did me much evil: the Lord reward him according to his works : 15 Of whom be thou ware also; for he hath greatly withstood our words.