Canticles; or, Song of Solomon: a new tr., with notes, by J. FryJames Duncan, 1825 - 226 pages |
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Page xxvi
... comfort which one has of the other " will afford but a poor comparison whereby to illustrate the everlasting love of Christ towards his spouse the church . But it will be asked , Do we suppose that a meet example of conjugal affection ...
... comfort which one has of the other " will afford but a poor comparison whereby to illustrate the everlasting love of Christ towards his spouse the church . But it will be asked , Do we suppose that a meet example of conjugal affection ...
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... Comfort ye , comfort ye my people , saith your God ; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem . " Literally , speak to her heart , words that may animate and encourage her . The virgins , moreover , attest their own love to the object of their ...
... Comfort ye , comfort ye my people , saith your God ; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem . " Literally , speak to her heart , words that may animate and encourage her . The virgins , moreover , attest their own love to the object of their ...
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... comforts of religion . The instructions of a spiritual guide are blessed to this end ; the kind interest which his fellow - christians take in the happiness of his soul , encourages him to persevere , the Lord being merciful to him ...
... comforts of religion . The instructions of a spiritual guide are blessed to this end ; the kind interest which his fellow - christians take in the happiness of his soul , encourages him to persevere , the Lord being merciful to him ...
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... comforts of religion , to those who are acquainted with them , more than ever desirable . These intervals of labour , or these seasons of trouble , the Christian is particularly anxious to spend , or endure , in the presence of his Lord ...
... comforts of religion , to those who are acquainted with them , more than ever desirable . These intervals of labour , or these seasons of trouble , the Christian is particularly anxious to spend , or endure , in the presence of his Lord ...
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... comfort me on every side " ) , translated the verbs " On every side be like . " Mountains of Bether . a signifies to divide asunder ; we may understand , mountains of division , or craggy mountains . 4 INTERPRETATION OF THE FOURTH IDYL ...
... comfort me on every side " ) , translated the verbs " On every side be like . " Mountains of Bether . a signifies to divide asunder ; we may understand , mountains of division , or craggy mountains . 4 INTERPRETATION OF THE FOURTH IDYL ...
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Page 120 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 204 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require : at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page xxx - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 142 - And above the firmament that was over their heads, was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone : and upon the likeness of the throne was the likeness as the appearance of a man above upon it.
Page 75 - If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind...
Page 154 - AND there appeared a great wonder in heaven ; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars : and she being with child cried, travailing in birth, and pained to be delivered.
Page xxvii - Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range, by thee Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Page 84 - And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 131 - Then shall He answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to Me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment : but the righteous into life eternal.
Page xxiv - So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. For no man ever yet hated his own flesh ; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the Church : for we are members of His body, of His flesh, and of His bones.