The Works of Samuel Parr, Ll.D. ...: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings, and a Selection from His Correspondence,Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green., 1828 |
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... reward ; but the prophet , without spurning his favour , declined the acceptance of it . Unshaken in his purpose , and faithful to his commission , he firmly , but not disdainfully replies , " if thou wilt give me half thy house I will ...
... reward ; but the prophet , without spurning his favour , declined the acceptance of it . Unshaken in his purpose , and faithful to his commission , he firmly , but not disdainfully replies , " if thou wilt give me half thy house I will ...
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... had restored . The act of restoring it was per- formed by the immediate appointment of Heaven , and the proper reward of him by whom it was per- VOL . V. C formed was to be found in the testimony of an FROM JUDAH TO BETHEL . 17.
... had restored . The act of restoring it was per- formed by the immediate appointment of Heaven , and the proper reward of him by whom it was per- VOL . V. C formed was to be found in the testimony of an FROM JUDAH TO BETHEL . 17.
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... rewards were bestowed upon those who discharged their duty , uncommon seve- rities were , by parity of reason , inflicted upon those who transgressed it . The provision that is made by human laws is indeed general , and therefore im ...
... rewards were bestowed upon those who discharged their duty , uncommon seve- rities were , by parity of reason , inflicted upon those who transgressed it . The provision that is made by human laws is indeed general , and therefore im ...
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... reward . prophet answers , not simply that he wants no bread , but that he would not be prevailed upon to go back even by the offer of half the king's house . The spirit of the prohibition excluded the greatest reward ; the letter of it ...
... reward . prophet answers , not simply that he wants no bread , but that he would not be prevailed upon to go back even by the offer of half the king's house . The spirit of the prohibition excluded the greatest reward ; the letter of it ...
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... reward — if , disregarding the au- thority of the lawgiver , we hold sternly back our compliance till we are acquainted with all the rea- sons and all the uses of the law itself - if we would steal away from the sanctions of general ...
... reward — if , disregarding the au- thority of the lawgiver , we hold sternly back our compliance till we are acquainted with all the rea- sons and all the uses of the law itself - if we would steal away from the sanctions of general ...
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Page 216 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me. 19 Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he.
Page 563 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Page 141 - God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good? Behold, I have received commandment to bless : and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it. He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Page 569 - For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn his soul.
Page 147 - How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed ? or how shall I defy, whom the LORD hath not defied ? for from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. Who can count the dust of Jacob, and the number of the fourth part of Israel ? let me die the death of the righteous, and let my last end be like his...
Page 576 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept : and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son...
Page 112 - God ; yet ought we most chiefly so to do, when we assemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to set forth his most worthy praise, to hear his most holy word, and to ask those things which are requisite and necessary, as well for the body as the soul.
Page 423 - And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
Page 294 - Strengthen them, we beseech Thee, O Lord, with the Holy Ghost the Comforter, and daily increase in them Thy manifold gifts of grace ; the spirit of wisdom and understanding; the spirit of counsel and ghostly strength ; the spirit of knowledge and true godliness ; and fill them, 0 Lord, with the spirit of Thy holy fear, now and for ever. Amen.
Page 563 - The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.