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Page 83
They ought to direct our thoughts to him , and engage us to pray to him for what
we want , to give him thanks for what we ... Let us then seriously dwell upon the
thought , that we may take due care of our immortal spirit . i , and lay up a good ...
They ought to direct our thoughts to him , and engage us to pray to him for what
we want , to give him thanks for what we ... Let us then seriously dwell upon the
thought , that we may take due care of our immortal spirit . i , and lay up a good ...
Page 170
Shebna was the chief officer in Hezekiah ' s court , bis prime minister ; he thought
of no change , his dependants thought of none ; he concluded he should live and
die in honour at Jerusalem , and be buried in his stately sepulchre . But he and ...
Shebna was the chief officer in Hezekiah ' s court , bis prime minister ; he thought
of no change , his dependants thought of none ; he concluded he should live and
die in honour at Jerusalem , and be buried in his stately sepulchre . But he and ...
Page 256
8 For my thoughts ( are ) not your thoughts , neither sare your 9 ways my ways ,
saith the LORD . For , fas ) the heavens are higher than the earth , iso are my
ways higher than your ways , and my thoughts than your thoughts ; men ...
8 For my thoughts ( are ) not your thoughts , neither sare your 9 ways my ways ,
saith the LORD . For , fas ) the heavens are higher than the earth , iso are my
ways higher than your ways , and my thoughts than your thoughts ; men ...
Page 309
Hear , O earth ; behold , I will bring evil upon this people , ( even ) the fruit of their
thoughts , that is , their evil thoughts ... their designs shall miscarry , they shall fall
into the evils they thought to avoid ; neither the father ' s wisdom nor the son ' s ...
Hear , O earth ; behold , I will bring evil upon this people , ( even ) the fruit of their
thoughts , that is , their evil thoughts ... their designs shall miscarry , they shall fall
into the evils they thought to avoid ; neither the father ' s wisdom nor the son ' s ...
Page 379
How happy are the people of God in their communion with him , and his thoughts
of peace toward them ! There was a way to the throne of grace in Babylon , as
well as in Jerusalem . We have all access to God by prayer . Let us value this ...
How happy are the people of God in their communion with him , and his thoughts
of peace toward them ! There was a way to the throne of grace in Babylon , as
well as in Jerusalem . We have all access to God by prayer . Let us value this ...
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Page 272 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 250 - Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look upon the earth beneath : for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall wax old like a garment, and they that dwell therein shall die in like manner : but my salvation shall be for ever, and my righteousness shall not be abolished.
Page 216 - COMFORT ye, comfort ye my people, saith your GOD. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned : for she hath received of the LORD'S hand double for all her sins.
Page 217 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 274 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 363 - Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth. In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Page 101 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 115 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 82 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 113 - I will rise now, and go about the city In the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth : I sought him, but I found him not.
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| Title | A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Volume 5 Volume 5 of A SHORT AND PLAIN EXPOSITION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, JOB ORTON A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Robert Gentleman |
| Authors | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman |
| Editor | Robert Gentleman |
| Publisher | S. Etheridge, 1805 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 27 Feb 2008 |
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