Sacred Biography, Or, The History of the Patriarchs: To which is Added the History of Deborah, Ruth, and Hannah, and Also the History of Jesus Christ , Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Scotch [i.e. Scots] Church, London Wall, Volume 2Glazier, 1828 |
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... character , the ambiguity of the term in the holy language permits us not to determine ; and the scripture leaves us to- tally uncertain whether he were a priest or a prince of Midian . But we are left in no doubt respecting his moral ...
... character , the ambiguity of the term in the holy language permits us not to determine ; and the scripture leaves us to- tally uncertain whether he were a priest or a prince of Midian . But we are left in no doubt respecting his moral ...
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... character of Moses ? Jesus " hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted , neither hath he hid his face from him , but when he cried unto him he heard . " " In all their affliction he was afflicted , and the angel of ...
... character of Moses ? Jesus " hath not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted , neither hath he hid his face from him , but when he cried unto him he heard . " " In all their affliction he was afflicted , and the angel of ...
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... characters so fair , and are so frequently presented to our view , that not to observe them must argue the grossest stupidity and inattention ; and not to acknowledge , love and adore the glorious source of that unbounded goodness ...
... characters so fair , and are so frequently presented to our view , that not to observe them must argue the grossest stupidity and inattention ; and not to acknowledge , love and adore the glorious source of that unbounded goodness ...
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... character , and of his subserviency to the power of that God whom he had presumed to defy . When a sudden and striking change , through the permission of Provi- dence , takes place ! A harmless rod or shepherd's crook , the emblem of ...
... character , and of his subserviency to the power of that God whom he had presumed to defy . When a sudden and striking change , through the permission of Provi- dence , takes place ! A harmless rod or shepherd's crook , the emblem of ...
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... character of Pharaoh were a rarity in the world . But alas ! what is the life of most men , but an habitual fighting against God ? Upon whom falls the weight of our remark ? Upon a few thoughtless , hardened wretches only , who have ...
... character of Pharaoh were a rarity in the world . But alas ! what is the life of most men , but an habitual fighting against God ? Upon whom falls the weight of our remark ? Upon a few thoughtless , hardened wretches only , who have ...
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Page 44 - And it shall be, when he sitteth upon the throne of his kingdom, that he shall write him a copy of this law in a book out of that which is before the priests the Levites : and it shall be with him, and he shall read therein all the days of his life : that he may learn to fear the Lord his God, to keep all the words of this law and these statutes, to do them...
Page 122 - I shall see him, but not now ; I shall behold him, but not nigh ; there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.
Page 88 - For if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward, how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation...
Page 9 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 74 - The Lord is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation : he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation ; my father's God, and I will exalt him.
Page 124 - Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 13 - Therefore the people came to Moses, and said, We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD, and against thee; pray unto the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.
Page 3 - And Jesus answering said unto them ; The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage ; But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage...
Page 62 - I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth. He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep. The Lord is thy keeper: the Lord is thy shade upon thy right hand. The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night. The Lord shall preserve thee from all evil: he shall preserve thy soul. The Lord shall preserve thy going...
Page 4 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire: and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly.