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... merely by sermons on par- ticular passages ; and I acknowledge that as I have proceeded , the work of exposition has become more and more interesting to my heart . I have not been in the habit of writing Dedications to what I have ...
... merely by sermons on par- ticular passages ; and I acknowledge that as I have proceeded , the work of exposition has become more and more interesting to my heart . I have not been in the habit of writing Dedications to what I have ...
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... merely to what immediately concerns us to know . God made angels ; but nothing is said of them . The moon is called one of the greater lights , not as to what it is in itself , but what it is to us . The scriptures are written , not to ...
... merely to what immediately concerns us to know . God made angels ; but nothing is said of them . The moon is called one of the greater lights , not as to what it is in itself , but what it is to us . The scriptures are written , not to ...
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... mere ground of its being forbidden of God , without perceiving the reason of his being required to do so . In truth , it was a test of his continuing in the spirit of a little child , that should have no will of its own ; and this is ...
... mere ground of its being forbidden of God , without perceiving the reason of his being required to do so . In truth , it was a test of his continuing in the spirit of a little child , that should have no will of its own ; and this is ...
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... merely a private individ , ual : he was the public head of all his posterity , so that his trans- gression involved their being transgressors from the womb , and alike exposed to death with himself . Such has been the charac- ter of all ...
... merely a private individ , ual : he was the public head of all his posterity , so that his trans- gression involved their being transgressors from the womb , and alike exposed to death with himself . Such has been the charac- ter of all ...
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... merely for the gratifica- tion of his appetites , but of his rational and social nature . It was not good that man should be alone ; and therefore a helper that should be meet , or suitable was given him . The place assigned to the ...
... merely for the gratifica- tion of his appetites , but of his rational and social nature . It was not good that man should be alone ; and therefore a helper that should be meet , or suitable was given him . The place assigned to the ...
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Popular passages
Page 336 - A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
Page 115 - Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham ; And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed. Unto you first, God, having raised up his Son Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from his iniquities.
Page 399 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 73 - Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David. His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me. It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven.
Page 213 - What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us? And the servant had said, It is my master: therefore she took a vail, and covered herself.
Page 279 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh ; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him. And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me.
Page 112 - Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee...
Page 414 - God will surely visit you, and bring you out of this land unto the land which he sware to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
Page 342 - Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Page 122 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.