The Works of Joseph Hall: Contemplations on the Old and New TestamentsTalboys, 1837 |
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... Thou knowest my heart desires to be right with thee , whatever my failings may have been ; and I know what value thou puttest upon those sincere desires , not- withstanding all the intermixtures of our miserable infirmities . These I ...
... Thou knowest my heart desires to be right with thee , whatever my failings may have been ; and I know what value thou puttest upon those sincere desires , not- withstanding all the intermixtures of our miserable infirmities . These I ...
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... Thou art my father ; to the worm , Thou art my mother and my sister : so did this good man welcome death , as if he had been to embrace a mother or a sister . He took good notice of the approach of death , and set his house in order as ...
... Thou art my father ; to the worm , Thou art my mother and my sister : so did this good man welcome death , as if he had been to embrace a mother or a sister . He took good notice of the approach of death , and set his house in order as ...
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... Thou madest something of nothing , and of that something , all things . Thou , which wast without a beginning , gavest a be- ginning to time , and to the world in time . It is the praise of us men if , when we have matter , we can give ...
... Thou madest something of nothing , and of that something , all things . Thou , which wast without a beginning , gavest a be- ginning to time , and to the world in time . It is the praise of us men if , when we have matter , we can give ...
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... Thou mightest have made all the world perfect in an instant , but thou wouldst not . That will , which caused thee to create , is reason enough why thou didst thus create . How should we deliberate in our actions , which are so subject ...
... Thou mightest have made all the world perfect in an instant , but thou wouldst not . That will , which caused thee to create , is reason enough why thou didst thus create . How should we deliberate in our actions , which are so subject ...
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... Thou shalt be our sun ; thy presence shall be our light light is sown for the righteous . The sun and light is but for the world below itself ; thine only for above . Thou givest this light to the sun , which the sun gives to the world ...
... Thou shalt be our sun ; thy presence shall be our light light is sown for the righteous . The sun and light is but for the world below itself ; thine only for above . Thou givest this light to the sun , which the sun gives to the world ...
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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.