The Works of Joseph Hall: Paraphrases of hard textsTalboys, 1837 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page
... taken the whole texts beforo me , than to have thus se- lected some noted periods of harder construction ; who may be pleased to consider , how much vastness might so have accrued to this labour , and how little use . To paraphrase easy ...
... taken the whole texts beforo me , than to have thus se- lected some noted periods of harder construction ; who may be pleased to consider , how much vastness might so have accrued to this labour , and how little use . To paraphrase easy ...
Page 9
... taken from man , made he a woman , and brought her unto the man . And of this rib , thus taken from Adam , God framed the woman , in a most comely proportion ; and brought her thus framed immediately to Adam , as a fit match to join ...
... taken from man , made he a woman , and brought her unto the man . And of this rib , thus taken from Adam , God framed the woman , in a most comely proportion ; and brought her thus framed immediately to Adam , as a fit match to join ...
Page 13
... taken : for dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . And not only with vexation of mind , but with wearisome and extreme labour of body , shalt thou procure thy sustenance ; and that , not for some short time , but till thou ...
... taken : for dust thou art , and unto dust shalt thou return . And not only with vexation of mind , but with wearisome and extreme labour of body , shalt thou procure thy sustenance ; and that , not for some short time , but till thou ...
Page 14
... taken . Therefore the Lord forced man to go forth of the garden of pleasure , as being unworthy to abide in so goodly a place any more ; and set him to till the other baser earth , whence he was taken . III . 24. So he drove out the man ...
... taken . Therefore the Lord forced man to go forth of the garden of pleasure , as being unworthy to abide in so goodly a place any more ; and set him to till the other baser earth , whence he was taken . III . 24. So he drove out the man ...
Page 25
... well watered every where , before the LORD de- stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , even as the garden of the LORD , like the land of Egypt , as thou comest unto Zoar . So when Lot had taken a view of all that GENESIS , CHAP . XI . - XIII . 25.
... well watered every where , before the LORD de- stroyed Sodom and Gomorrah , even as the garden of the LORD , like the land of Egypt , as thou comest unto Zoar . So when Lot had taken a view of all that GENESIS , CHAP . XI . - XIII . 25.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
affliction Ammonites amongst Assyrian Babylon Bashan beasts Behold blessed blood bring brought captivity cast cause Chaldeans children of Israel Church comfort covenant doth earth Edom Egypt enemies evil eyes father fear fire flesh fruit give glorious glory God's gracious hand hath heart heaven Heshbon holy idolatry iniquity Jerusalem Judah Judea judgment king king of Babylon kingdom land Lebanon LORD hath Medes mercy mighty Moab mountains mouth nations Nebuchadnezzar offer Pharaoh priest princes prophets righteous sacrifice saith the LORD Samaria shalt thou shew sins sorrow soul spirit sure sword Syria tabernacle temple thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself tree tribe of Ephraim unto thee utterly verse VIII waters wherein wicked wickedness wilt wisdom wont word XLIX XXII XXIII XXIV XXXI XXXII Zedekiah Zion
Popular passages
Page 266 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 445 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, The Lord our Righteousness.
Page 34 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 14 - So he drove out the man ; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
Page 383 - Though Israel be not gathered, Yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, And my God shall be my strength. And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 11 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 403 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 282 - ... also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets...
Page 377 - Fear not: for I am with thee: I will bring thy seed from the east, and gather thee from the west; I will say to the north, Give up; and to the south, Keep not back: bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth...
Page 30 - And the Lord said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous, I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.