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I. A. widow . is importunate in her suit for redress of grievance to a certain judge ,
who was a stranger to every principle of piety and justice : and by her importunity
she finally prevails in her suit , when the justice of her plea would have passed ...
I. A. widow . is importunate in her suit for redress of grievance to a certain judge ,
who was a stranger to every principle of piety and justice : and by her importunity
she finally prevails in her suit , when the justice of her plea would have passed ...
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And though it is not for creatures to discover the more mysterious parts of his
counsel in the government of the world , yet even with our finite understandings
we may discover the traces of consummate wis . dom , justice , and benevolence
.
And though it is not for creatures to discover the more mysterious parts of his
counsel in the government of the world , yet even with our finite understandings
we may discover the traces of consummate wis . dom , justice , and benevolence
.
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2 risen i The consequence of this intrusion is a frequent subject of lamentation to
many pious Christians ; some of whom in their zeal for their Master's honour
might suppose it consonant to justice , that the Lord of the spiritual field should ...
2 risen i The consequence of this intrusion is a frequent subject of lamentation to
many pious Christians ; some of whom in their zeal for their Master's honour
might suppose it consonant to justice , that the Lord of the spiritual field should ...
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Yet in all this display of avenging justice he has been always pleased to take the
righteous under his more especial providence and protection . Thus when he
brought a flood upon a world of ungodly men , he saved Noah a Preacher and a .
Yet in all this display of avenging justice he has been always pleased to take the
righteous under his more especial providence and protection . Thus when he
brought a flood upon a world of ungodly men , he saved Noah a Preacher and a .
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serted to the Patriarchs and the People serM . of Israel that principle of justice by
v . which he rules the world , he does not wood judge it expedient to continue this
miraculous interference to later times . And though in the ordinary course of his ...
serted to the Patriarchs and the People serM . of Israel that principle of justice by
v . which he rules the world , he does not wood judge it expedient to continue this
miraculous interference to later times . And though in the ordinary course of his ...
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Page 49 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 221 - And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him ; Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 261 - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Page 19 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 257 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Page 132 - Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Page 208 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 188 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 339 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 166 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.
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| Title | Sermons on the Parables |
| Author | John Farrer |
| Publisher | F. and C. Rivington, 1801 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 371 pages |
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