An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions. In which (among Other Things) Mr. Bayle's Criticisms, Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 1S. Richardson, 1759 |
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... person of the offender , we need only reflect upon one plain obfervation , which every day's ex- perience fufficiently furnishes us with ; that no- thing is more common , than for children to appear unrepentant , and , it may be ...
... person of the offender , we need only reflect upon one plain obfervation , which every day's ex- perience fufficiently furnishes us with ; that no- thing is more common , than for children to appear unrepentant , and , it may be ...
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... persons , that the prophefyings at Naioth were owing to no influ- ence of example , to no intoxicating vapours , or temperature of the air , ( as was suspected of some See Grot . de Jure Belli & Pacis , 1. 3. c . 11 . of of the oracles ...
... persons , that the prophefyings at Naioth were owing to no influ- ence of example , to no intoxicating vapours , or temperature of the air , ( as was suspected of some See Grot . de Jure Belli & Pacis , 1. 3. c . 11 . of of the oracles ...
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... person who was dearest to him . And Jonathan fo understood it ; for we find this tender expreffion touched him to the quick , and he immediately cried out , Far be it from me ! affuring David , at the fame time , that , far from ...
... person who was dearest to him . And Jonathan fo understood it ; for we find this tender expreffion touched him to the quick , and he immediately cried out , Far be it from me ! affuring David , at the fame time , that , far from ...
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... some mea- fure , open him the way to empire , as it did to Nimrod . * See Pfal . ci . I will not know a wicked person , & c . 1 How providentially advantageous to David was this perfecution , 8 How B. 1 . the Life of King David . 105 •
... some mea- fure , open him the way to empire , as it did to Nimrod . * See Pfal . ci . I will not know a wicked person , & c . 1 How providentially advantageous to David was this perfecution , 8 How B. 1 . the Life of King David . 105 •
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... person , with fine flowing hair , and fparkling eyes , a lyre in his hand , and a tiara on his head , all kinds of birds , and mountainous wild beasts about him , and all fishes of the fea , all foftened , and attentive to his music ...
... person , with fine flowing hair , and fparkling eyes , a lyre in his hand , and a tiara on his head , all kinds of birds , and mountainous wild beasts about him , and all fishes of the fea , all foftened , and attentive to his music ...
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Page 32 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 33 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 38 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 144 - And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
Page 66 - In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 319 - Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
Page 18 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 185 - LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD ; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Page 69 - While he from high his rolling thunder throws, And fires the mountains with repeated blows : The rocks are from their old foundations rent ; The winds redouble, and the rains augment : The waves on heaps are dash'd against the shore ; And now the woods, and now the billows, roar.
Page 392 - Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.