The Sublime and Beautiful of Scripture: Being Essays on Select Passages of Sacred CompositionTiebout & O'Brien, 1795 - 247 pages |
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... houfe of Potipher , to his death and burial in Egypt : but it is a part of fcripture fo particularly han- dled by men of the most celebrated a- bilities , that every paffage has many times been the fubject of learned re- mark . Upon the ...
... houfe of Potipher , to his death and burial in Egypt : but it is a part of fcripture fo particularly han- dled by men of the most celebrated a- bilities , that every paffage has many times been the fubject of learned re- mark . Upon the ...
Page 111
... houfe of thy fervants , and upon thy people , and into thine ovans , and " into thy kneading - troughs . " 66 Thus every private comfort was de- ftroyed , and it does not feem eafy to encrease the torment , yet we find this was torment ...
... houfe of thy fervants , and upon thy people , and into thine ovans , and " into thy kneading - troughs . " 66 Thus every private comfort was de- ftroyed , and it does not feem eafy to encrease the torment , yet we find this was torment ...
Page 112
... houfe of Pharoah , " and into his fervants houses , and " into all the land of Egypt , and the " land was corrupted by reason of the " fwarm of flies . " 99 In the former inftances , we do not find that either the frogs or lice were in ...
... houfe of Pharoah , " and into his fervants houses , and " into all the land of Egypt , and the " land was corrupted by reason of the " fwarm of flies . " 99 In the former inftances , we do not find that either the frogs or lice were in ...
Page 117
... houfe to the female . Thefe are , in- deed , curious and finall ; but furely , no man will think them uninteresting remarks . Now I am upon the fubject of the ftatutes of Mofes , I cannot ne- G 5 glect glect mention of various humane ...
... houfe to the female . Thefe are , in- deed , curious and finall ; but furely , no man will think them uninteresting remarks . Now I am upon the fubject of the ftatutes of Mofes , I cannot ne- G 5 glect glect mention of various humane ...
Page 137
... houfe ; the " Lord deal kindly with you as you " have dealt with the dead , and with " me . The Lord grant that ye may " find reft , each of you , in the houfe of 6c your dear deceafed hufband . " Ha- ving uttered this fhort prayer for ...
... houfe ; the " Lord deal kindly with you as you " have dealt with the dead , and with " me . The Lord grant that ye may " find reft , each of you , in the houfe of 6c your dear deceafed hufband . " Ha- ving uttered this fhort prayer for ...
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Abraham againſt alfo allufion almoft amidſt amongſt anfwer Balaam beauty becauſe Behold bleffings Boaz bofom brethren brother children of men Cicero cife circumftance compariſon confequence darkneſs daughter defcription defign defire Deity difplayed divine Efau ESSAY ESSAY facred fafe faid unto fame father fcene fcripture fecond feem fenfe fent fentence fentiment fervant ferve feven fhall fhew fhould fide filence fimplicity fince firft firſt fome foon foul fpeak fpirit freſh ftand ftill ftory ftrength ftroke fubject fublime fuch fuperior furely fword Gath Goliah hand hath heart Heaven hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe human Ifaac Ifrael illuftration infpire inftance itſelf Jacob Jofeph laft laſt lefs Lord Midian Moab Mofes moft moſt muft muſt Naomi nature obfervations occafion Orpah paffages paffions PASSAGE Philiftine poffible prefent racter reafon Ruth ſhe tender thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion univerfal verfe verſe whofe ZAREPHATH