The Progress of Religious Ideas: Through Successive Ages, Volume 2C. S. Francis & Company, 1855 |
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Page 121 - For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.
Page 89 - And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out ? therefore they shall be your judges.
Page 199 - For ye may all prophesy one by one, that all may learn, and all may be comforted.
Page 29 - Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams : for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
Page 93 - And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.
Page 32 - But now bring me a minstrel. And it came to pass, when the minstrel played, that the hand of the LORD came upon him.
Page 122 - And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness. The meek also shall increase their joy in the Lord , And the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
Page 116 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, Which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : The wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, Which sing among the branches.
Page 40 - And when Saul saw the host of the Philistines, he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled. And when Saul inquired of the Lord, the Lord answered him not, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.
Page 117 - Let the sinners be consumed out of the earth, and let the wicked be no more.