The Works of Joseph Hall: Contemplations on the Old and New TestamentsTalboys, 1837 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 18
... sin , nor to confess it , now that he is convinced of sin , and cursed for it , how he howleth , how he exclaimeth ! He , that cares not for the act of his sin , shall care for the smart of his punishment . The damned are weary of their ...
... sin , nor to confess it , now that he is convinced of sin , and cursed for it , how he howleth , how he exclaimeth ! He , that cares not for the act of his sin , shall care for the smart of his punishment . The damned are weary of their ...
Page 19
... sins , never man had so many children : so that , when there were men enough to store the earth , there were as many sins as would reach up to heaven ; whereupon the waters came down from heaven , and swelled up to heaven again . If ...
... sins , never man had so many children : so that , when there were men enough to store the earth , there were as many sins as would reach up to heaven ; whereupon the waters came down from heaven , and swelled up to heaven again . If ...
Page 24
... sins of that world which he had reproved , and which he saw - condemned for sin : 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 ...
... sins of that world which he had reproved , and which he saw - condemned for sin : 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 ...
Page 25
... sinful , though no man had seen it : unknown sins have their guilt and shame , and are justly attended with known punish- ments . Ungracious Cham saw it and laughed ; his father's shame should have been his ; the deformity of those ...
... sinful , though no man had seen it : unknown sins have their guilt and shame , and are justly attended with known punish- ments . Ungracious Cham saw it and laughed ; his father's shame should have been his ; the deformity of those ...
Page 26
... sin if we did not : who could ever yet show me a man rebelliously undutiful to his parents , that hath prospered in himself , and his seed ? CONTEMPLATION II . - OF BABEL . GENESIS XI . How soon are men and sins multiplied ! within one ...
... sin if we did not : who could ever yet show me a man rebelliously undutiful to his parents , that hath prospered in himself , and his seed ? CONTEMPLATION II . - OF BABEL . GENESIS XI . How soon are men and sins multiplied ! within one ...
Contents
254 | |
258 | |
264 | |
272 | |
278 | |
284 | |
295 | |
304 | |
40 | |
47 | |
53 | |
67 | |
73 | |
88 | |
97 | |
105 | |
119 | |
129 | |
137 | |
147 | |
158 | |
167 | |
175 | |
185 | |
191 | |
199 | |
226 | |
237 | |
248 | |
315 | |
321 | |
330 | |
339 | |
349 | |
357 | |
366 | |
376 | |
385 | |
395 | |
401 | |
410 | |
420 | |
433 | |
442 | |
456 | |
462 | |
472 | |
479 | |
488 | |
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Abimelech Absalom Achish Adonijah altar Amalek Amalekites Amorites angel Balaam behold better betwixt blessing blood brethren Canaan Church comfort command CONTEMPLATION curse danger dare David death doth durst earth Egypt Egyptians enemies envy ephod evil eyes face faith father favour fear fetch fire Gideon give glory God's grace hand happy hath hear heart heaven Hivites holy honour hope idolatry Israel Israelites Jephthah Joab Joshua judgment justice kill king knew less Levite live look Lord marvel mercy Midian Midianites Moab Moses mouth Nazarite never offended once peace Pharaoh Philistines plague prayers princes promise prophet punishment Rahab revenge sacrifice Samson Samuel Satan Saul Saul's servants shame Shechem shew sins Sisera Solomon sons soul spirit sword thee thine things thou thought tongue unto victory weak wherein whereof wicked wickedness wise wonder worthy
Popular passages
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.