The Works of Joseph Hall: Contemplations on the Old and New TestamentsTalboys, 1837 |
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Page xxxviii
... enemies ( for such I perceive I have , and those are the surest monitors ) say what I have offended . For their better irritation , my clear conscience bids me boldly to take up the chal- lenge of good Samuel , Behold , here I am ...
... enemies ( for such I perceive I have , and those are the surest monitors ) say what I have offended . For their better irritation , my clear conscience bids me boldly to take up the chal- lenge of good Samuel , Behold , here I am ...
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... enemies also upon earth , how happy shall those eternal tabernacles be , which thou hast sequestered for thine own ! Behold then in this high and stately building of thine , I see three stages ; this lowest heaven for fowls , for vapour ...
... enemies also upon earth , how happy shall those eternal tabernacles be , which thou hast sequestered for thine own ! Behold then in this high and stately building of thine , I see three stages ; this lowest heaven for fowls , for vapour ...
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... enemies ! Yet it was well for Noah that Cham could tell it to none but his own ; and those , gracious and dutiful sons . Our shame is the less , if none know our faults but our friends . Behold , how love covereth_sins ; these good sons ...
... enemies ! Yet it was well for Noah that Cham could tell it to none but his own ; and those , gracious and dutiful sons . Our shame is the less , if none know our faults but our friends . Behold , how love covereth_sins ; these good sons ...
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... enemies may fare better than his friends . Thrice had Egypt preserved the church of God , in Abraham , in Jacob , in Christ ; God oft - times makes use of the world , for the behoof of his , though without their thanks : as contrarily ...
... enemies may fare better than his friends . Thrice had Egypt preserved the church of God , in Abraham , in Jacob , in Christ ; God oft - times makes use of the world , for the behoof of his , though without their thanks : as contrarily ...
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... enemies ; Abraham must rescue him , of whom he was forsaken . That wealth , which was the cause of his former quarrels , is made a prey to merciless heathens : that place which his eye covetously chose , betrays his life and goods . How ...
... enemies ; Abraham must rescue him , of whom he was forsaken . That wealth , which was the cause of his former quarrels , is made a prey to merciless heathens : that place which his eye covetously chose , betrays his life and goods . How ...
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Page xxxviii - Behold, here I am ; witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed ; whose ox have I taken ? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded ? whom have I oppressed ? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith ? and I will restore it you. And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken aught of any man's hand.
Page 491 - Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Page 446 - And the king said unto Cushi, Is the young man Absalom safe? And Cushi answered, The enemies of my lord the king, and all that rise against thee to do thee hurt, be as that young man is.
Page 446 - 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 Absalom!
Page 447 - Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Page 491 - Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail. My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
Page 389 - And David said unto him, Thy blood be upon thy head ; for thy mouth hath testified against thee, saying, I have slain the LORD'S anointed.
Page 188 - Then there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year; and David enquired of the Lord. And the Lord answered, It is for Saul, and for his bloody house, because he slew the Gibeonites.
Page 304 - And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men : and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us...
Page 487 - Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee, to set thee on the throne of Israel: because the LORD loved Israel for ever, therefore made he thee king, to do judgment and justice.