Practical lectures upon the story of Joseph and his brethren1826 - 204 pages |
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... above the oblivion of de- parted ages ; and whose spirits , unsilenced by death , and unconfined by the grave , still hover over us as ministering angels -animating us by their example , and in- spiring us B 2 LECTURES. ...
... above the oblivion of de- parted ages ; and whose spirits , unsilenced by death , and unconfined by the grave , still hover over us as ministering angels -animating us by their example , and in- spiring us B 2 LECTURES. ...
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... his brother , and through envy of the devil , death entered into the world . Let us then be the more careful to guard against it , lest it prove to us , as to the brethren of Joseph , an incentive to other crimes , and involve 10 LECTURE I.
... his brother , and through envy of the devil , death entered into the world . Let us then be the more careful to guard against it , lest it prove to us , as to the brethren of Joseph , an incentive to other crimes , and involve 10 LECTURE I.
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... and burning for revenge . Taking advantage of the loneliness of the place , they immediately counsel together to put him to death . Behold this dreamer cometh , come let us slay him , and cast him into some pit , LECTURE I. 17.
... and burning for revenge . Taking advantage of the loneliness of the place , they immediately counsel together to put him to death . Behold this dreamer cometh , come let us slay him , and cast him into some pit , LECTURE I. 17.
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... death of their young brother - that brother , tender , confiding , and unprotected ; in a mo- ment , too , when he was performing towards them an act of affectionate kindness when he was the glad herald of their household's weal - the ...
... death of their young brother - that brother , tender , confiding , and unprotected ; in a mo- ment , too , when he was performing towards them an act of affectionate kindness when he was the glad herald of their household's weal - the ...
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... death of our holy and innocent Redeemer . But God , who knoweth the secrets of the heart , is not to be mocked with such evasions ; and had they left their brother to perish in the pit , they were as guilty , as if their murderous steel ...
... death of our holy and innocent Redeemer . But God , who knoweth the secrets of the heart , is not to be mocked with such evasions ; and had they left their brother to perish in the pit , they were as guilty , as if their murderous steel ...
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accusation ACTS VII affection affliction Almighty anxious Apostle behold beloved Benjamin bereaved bitter blessed bosom bowed bread brethren of Joseph bring brother Christ conduct conscience corn crime death distress dition divine Dothan dream Egyptians envy evil exalted faith famine father favor fear feelings forgive give glory God's Gospel gracious guilty hand hath hear Heaven Hebrews Herod holy Holy Spirit honor household human innocence Israel Jacob Jesus Jesus Christ John vi Judah king kingdom of Egypt knew land of Canaan land of Egypt LECTURE lest let it remind Lord mercy nature ness offended once parents passion peace penitence Peter iii Pharisees pleasures Potiphar prison prosperity Psalm Redeemer religion remembrance repentance Reuben righteous sack saith sent shame sinner sins sooner sorrow soul spake spirit surely tempted tender thee things thren thy servants tion treachery trouble unto Joseph virtue wept wicked wickedness youth
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Page 160 - We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Page 173 - Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
Page 104 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 78 - And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck; and he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee : and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.
Page 165 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither ; for GOD did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 86 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Page 76 - Behold, there come seven years of great plenty throughout all the land of Egypt: And there shall arise after them seven years of famine...
Page 199 - But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive.
Page 168 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen ; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Page 24 - And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him ; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.