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... wish to die arose from a justifiable weariness of life . If a person wish and pray to die , simply to be delivered from pain and trouble , their wish may be said to be a selfish one . But we cannot say this of Elijah . See what his ...
... wish to die arose from a justifiable weariness of life . If a person wish and pray to die , simply to be delivered from pain and trouble , their wish may be said to be a selfish one . But we cannot say this of Elijah . See what his ...
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... wish to be rid of the weary burden of life , which he felt unable to bear . Here was no discontented feeling or repining at his lot . A life of suffering he had , as God's servant , always . But this alone would not have made him wish ...
... wish to be rid of the weary burden of life , which he felt unable to bear . Here was no discontented feeling or repining at his lot . A life of suffering he had , as God's servant , always . But this alone would not have made him wish ...
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... wish for the salvation of others , and for the glory of the Saviour they would have learnt to love . If we know anything of the true and damning nature of sin , we shall hate it cordially , and desire and strive for its over- throw in ...
... wish for the salvation of others , and for the glory of the Saviour they would have learnt to love . If we know anything of the true and damning nature of sin , we shall hate it cordially , and desire and strive for its over- throw in ...
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... wish , but on the authority of God ; to whom the prophet was required to give obedience . Failing in that he perished . Oh ! what force do not all these cases give to the words of the Apostle to the Hebrews chap . xi . 1 . " How shall ...
... wish , but on the authority of God ; to whom the prophet was required to give obedience . Failing in that he perished . Oh ! what force do not all these cases give to the words of the Apostle to the Hebrews chap . xi . 1 . " How shall ...
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... wish of the heart , and the sin of covetousness . It was planned and carried out by Ahab's wife , he all the time taking no part in the transaction itself . Then there is an account of the discovery of his guilt , his reproof and ...
... wish of the heart , and the sin of covetousness . It was planned and carried out by Ahab's wife , he all the time taking no part in the transaction itself . Then there is an account of the discovery of his guilt , his reproof and ...
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Ahab Ahab's altar Amaziah answer Athaliah Baal Behold Ben-hadad blessings blood bring brought chariot child death earth Edom Elijah Elisha enemies evil faith father fear flesh fulfilled Gehazi give glory God's word godly Gospel grace guilt hand hast hath Hazael hear heart heathen heaven Hezekiah holy honour idolatry Jehoiada Jehonadab Jehoshaphat Jehu Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jezebel Joash Josiah judgment king of Assyria king of Israel king of Judah kingdom leprosy look Lord's Manasseh mercy Micaiah miracle Moab Naaman Naboth ness pray thee prayer priest promise prophecy prophets of Baal punishment rain Ramoth reign righteous sacrifice saith the Lord Samaria seek sent sight sinners sins sons soul spake Spirit surely Syrians thine things thou shalt thy servant told trial trouble turned ungodly unto wicked wonderful worship zeal zealous
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Page 149 - My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then when he saith to thee, Wash and be clean?
Page 41 - 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 to-morrow about this time.
Page 229 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Page 156 - And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and maidservants? The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence a leper as white as snow.
Page 29 - And Elijah went up to the top of Carmel ; and he cast himself down upon the earth, and put his face between his knees, and said to his servant : " Go up now, look toward the sea.
Page 168 - For the Lord had made the host of the Syrians to hear a noise of chariots, and a noise of horses, even the noise of a great host : and they said one to another, Lo, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hittites, and the kings of the Egyptians, to come upon us.
Page 219 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace...
Page 285 - For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth.
Page 13 - For thus saith the Lord God of Israel, the barrel of meal shall not waste, neither shall the cruse of oil fail, until the day that the Lord sendeth rain upon the earth.
Page 288 - Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?