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 3Glazier, 1828 - Bible |
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... receiving back the impression , heightened and im- proved , from that object ? How much more exalted and affecting is a sense of divine goodness , when it is beheld embracing more than one ! when it is seen conferring immortality ...
... receiving back the impression , heightened and im- proved , from that object ? How much more exalted and affecting is a sense of divine goodness , when it is beheld embracing more than one ! when it is seen conferring immortality ...
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... received ? " — " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world , and things which are ...
... received ? " — " God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world , and things which are ...
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... received by Jael , the wife of Heber , with every mark of humanity and respect , due to a great man , and a friend , in distress . She brings him milk to quench his thirst , covers him carefully up in her own tent to repose himself from ...
... received by Jael , the wife of Heber , with every mark of humanity and respect , due to a great man , and a friend , in distress . She brings him milk to quench his thirst , covers him carefully up in her own tent to repose himself from ...
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... received ! What benefactor once to be compared with the Giver of all good , " the Father of lights , from whom cometh down every good gift , and every per- fect ! " Having proposed her theme and summoned her august audience , the divine ...
... received ! What benefactor once to be compared with the Giver of all good , " the Father of lights , from whom cometh down every good gift , and every per- fect ! " Having proposed her theme and summoned her august audience , the divine ...
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... on to some future mark , pursuing some yet unpossessed prize . The hireling , supported by the prospect of receiving the evening's reward , cheer- fully fulfils the work of the day . The husbandman HISTORY OF RUTH . LECT . VII.
... on to some future mark , pursuing some yet unpossessed prize . The hireling , supported by the prospect of receiving the evening's reward , cheer- fully fulfils the work of the day . The husbandman HISTORY OF RUTH . LECT . VII.
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Page 89 - ... The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised; to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 78 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord ; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father : for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 177 - When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto Philip, Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?
Page 144 - Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, " Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead : so the last error shall be worse than the first.
Page vi - And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers.
Page 133 - And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen ; and poured out the changers...
Page 17 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many.
Page vii - And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son ; in thee I am well pleased.
Page ix - His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the water-pots with water.
Page 185 - And when they were come to him, he said unto them, " Ye know, from the first day that I came into Asia, after what manner I . have been with you at all seasons...