The Works of Joseph Hall: Contemplations on the Old and New TestamentsTalboys, 1837 |
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... turned both bigot and physician , residing now in Brussels . This man , after few interchanges of compliment with Sir Edmund Bacon , fell into a hyperbolical pre- dication of the wonderful miracles done newly by our Lady at Zichem , or ...
... turned both bigot and physician , residing now in Brussels . This man , after few interchanges of compliment with Sir Edmund Bacon , fell into a hyperbolical pre- dication of the wonderful miracles done newly by our Lady at Zichem , or ...
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... turned my humblest thanks , and my readiness to sacrifice myself to the service of so gracious a master ; but , being conscious to myself of my unanswerableness to so great expectation , and loth to forsake so dear and noble a patron ...
... turned my humblest thanks , and my readiness to sacrifice myself to the service of so gracious a master ; but , being conscious to myself of my unanswerableness to so great expectation , and loth to forsake so dear and noble a patron ...
Page xxxvi
... turning home upon a recess , I was met on the way , and cheerfully welcomed with some hundreds . In no worse terms , I left that my once dear diocese ; when , returning to Westminster , I was soon called by his majesty , who was then in ...
... turning home upon a recess , I was met on the way , and cheerfully welcomed with some hundreds . In no worse terms , I left that my once dear diocese ; when , returning to Westminster , I was soon called by his majesty , who was then in ...
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... turned ale - house . Still yet I remained in my palace , though with but a poor retinue and means ; but the house was held too good for me . Many mes- sages were sent by Mr. Corbet to remove me thence . The first pretence was , that the ...
... turned ale - house . Still yet I remained in my palace , though with but a poor retinue and means ; but the house was held too good for me . Many mes- sages were sent by Mr. Corbet to remove me thence . The first pretence was , that the ...
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... turned him from a husband to a brother ; no strength of faith can ex- clude some doubtings : God hath said , " I will make thee a great nation ; " Abraham says , " The Egyptians will kill me : " he , that lived by his faith , yet ...
... turned him from a husband to a brother ; no strength of faith can ex- clude some doubtings : God hath said , " I will make thee a great nation ; " Abraham says , " The Egyptians will kill me : " he , that lived by his faith , yet ...
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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.