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... poor . Psal . xxii . 16. Many dogs have com- passed me about . 4 Matt . x . 16. I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves . Isa . xl . 11. He shall gather the lambs with his arm , and carry them in his bosom . Mark x . 13 , 16 ...
... poor . Psal . xxii . 16. Many dogs have com- passed me about . 4 Matt . x . 16. I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves . Isa . xl . 11. He shall gather the lambs with his arm , and carry them in his bosom . Mark x . 13 , 16 ...
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... poor nasty life it leads ! the lark mounts up towards heaven and delights . itself with sweet music , to the praise of its great Creator . Who would not wish to lead the life of a lark ? : But then , the lark can work as well as sing it ...
... poor nasty life it leads ! the lark mounts up towards heaven and delights . itself with sweet music , to the praise of its great Creator . Who would not wish to lead the life of a lark ? : But then , the lark can work as well as sing it ...
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... poor families , nor work for themselves , nor sing praises to God ; but turn sottish and foolish , and bury them- selves in the mud like the eel , or wallow in the mire like the swine . But God hath made me to be like the lark ; to find ...
... poor families , nor work for themselves , nor sing praises to God ; but turn sottish and foolish , and bury them- selves in the mud like the eel , or wallow in the mire like the swine . But God hath made me to be like the lark ; to find ...
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... poor people on board are drowned and perish . The like dangers , attend us though we live upon the land : for alas ! we carry seas and storms within us ! The wicked are like the troubled sea , which can never rest , but casteth up mire ...
... poor people on board are drowned and perish . The like dangers , attend us though we live upon the land : for alas ! we carry seas and storms within us ! The wicked are like the troubled sea , which can never rest , but casteth up mire ...
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... poor infant worms crawling about upon this earth . But if I go on in the ways of God , I shall at length be changed from a worm into an angel . But first I must be shut up in the grave , and hide myself in the state of death , till my ...
... poor infant worms crawling about upon this earth . But if I go on in the ways of God , I shall at length be changed from a worm into an angel . But first I must be shut up in the grave , and hide myself in the state of death , till my ...
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Page 24 - There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of the dead.
Page 83 - Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air: but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 15 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths : their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 7 - A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Page 110 - And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour. And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in mortar, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.
Page 53 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing : for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 183 - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Page 138 - For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 18 - Lord gave the word; great was the company of those that published it. 12 Kings of armies did flee apace; and she that tarried at home divided the spoil. 13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold.
Page 63 - They on the rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.