Contemplations on the Historical Passages of the Old and New Testaments, Volume 1William Baynes and Son, 1825 |
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... God's fire from descending ? or should he ( if he could ) reject God's accepta- tion , and displease his Maker , to content a brother ? Was Cain ever the farther from a blessing , because his brother obtained mercy ? How proud and ...
... God's fire from descending ? or should he ( if he could ) reject God's accepta- tion , and displease his Maker , to content a brother ? Was Cain ever the farther from a blessing , because his brother obtained mercy ? How proud and ...
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... God's best children have no fence for sins of infirmity . Which of the saints have not once done that , whereof they are ashamed ? God that lets us fall , knows how to make as good use of the sins of his holy ones , as of their ...
... God's best children have no fence for sins of infirmity . Which of the saints have not once done that , whereof they are ashamed ? God that lets us fall , knows how to make as good use of the sins of his holy ones , as of their ...
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... God which reacheth not to us only , but to ours ! God saves Lot for Abraham's sake , and Zoar for Lot's sake . If Sodom had not been too wicked , it had escaped . Were it not for God's dear children , that are intermixed with the world ...
... God which reacheth not to us only , but to ours ! God saves Lot for Abraham's sake , and Zoar for Lot's sake . If Sodom had not been too wicked , it had escaped . Were it not for God's dear children , that are intermixed with the world ...
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... God's promise and Isaac's sacrifice , as for Isaac to reconcile the superiority of Jacob with Esau's benediction ; for God's hand was in that , in this none but his own . The dearest of God's saints have been sometimes transported with ...
... God's promise and Isaac's sacrifice , as for Isaac to reconcile the superiority of Jacob with Esau's benediction ; for God's hand was in that , in this none but his own . The dearest of God's saints have been sometimes transported with ...
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... God's bless- ings by unlawful means . What a proof and praise had it been of her faith , if she had staid God's leisure , and would rather have endured her barrenness than her husband's poly- gamy ! Now she shews herself the daughter of ...
... God's bless- ings by unlawful means . What a proof and praise had it been of her faith , if she had staid God's leisure , and would rather have endured her barrenness than her husband's poly- gamy ! Now she shews herself the daughter of ...
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Abimelech Absalom Achish Ahab Almighty altar Amalek Amalekites Amorites angel behold better betwixt blessing blood brethren cast comfort command CONTEMPLATION creatures curse Dagon danger dare David death doth earth Elijah Elisha enemies envy ephod Esau evil eyes faith father favour fear fetch fire Gibeah Gideon give glory God's grace hand happy hast hath hear heart heaven holy honour hope husband idolatry Israel Israelites Jephthah Jeroboam Joab Joshua Judah judgment justice kill king knew less Levite live look Lord mercy Midian Midianites Moab Moses Nabal Nazarite never offended once peace Philistines priest princes prophet punishment Rahab Rehoboam revenge sacrifice Samson Samuel Satan Saul Saul's sends servant shame Shechem shew sins Sisera Solomon sons soul spirit sword thee thine things thou thought tongue unto victory weak wherein whereof wicked wickedness wisdom wise wonder worthy
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Page 468 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 600 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life to take it away.
Page 545 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 662 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 678 - ... her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Page 263 - If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.
Page 663 - Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God ; and his flesh came again, like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Page 682 - Then they said one to another, We do not well : this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace...
Page 384 - 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 680 - And the people went out, and spoiled the tents of the Syrians. So a measure of fine flour was sold for a shekel, and two measures of barley for a shekel, according to the word of the LORD.