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... peace in our time , O Lord ; needless to wish for light at noon - day ; for then peace was so plentiful , no fear of famine , but suspicion of a surfeit thereof . And yet how many good comments was this prayer then capa- ble of ? Give peace ...
... peace in our time , O Lord ; needless to wish for light at noon - day ; for then peace was so plentiful , no fear of famine , but suspicion of a surfeit thereof . And yet how many good comments was this prayer then capa- ble of ? Give peace ...
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... peace ; ) I say , looking on the outside of the chapel , I have much admired the curious workmanship thereof . It added to the wonder , that it is so shadowed with . mean houses , well nigh on all sides , that one may almost touch it ...
... peace ; ) I say , looking on the outside of the chapel , I have much admired the curious workmanship thereof . It added to the wonder , that it is so shadowed with . mean houses , well nigh on all sides , that one may almost touch it ...
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... peace ! how many actions were created of nothing ! suits we had com- menced about a mouthful of grass , or a handful of hay . Now he , who formerly would sue his neighbour for pedibus ambu- lando , can behold his whole field lying waste ...
... peace ! how many actions were created of nothing ! suits we had com- menced about a mouthful of grass , or a handful of hay . Now he , who formerly would sue his neighbour for pedibus ambu- lando , can behold his whole field lying waste ...
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... peace here , was the port whereat I desired to arrive . Now , alas ! the storm grows too sturdy for the Pilot . Hereafter all the skill I will use , is no skill at all , but even let my ship sail whither the winds send it . Noah's ark ...
... peace here , was the port whereat I desired to arrive . Now , alas ! the storm grows too sturdy for the Pilot . Hereafter all the skill I will use , is no skill at all , but even let my ship sail whither the winds send it . Noah's ark ...
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... Peace did long lie languishing in this land . No small contentment , that , to my poor power , I have prayed and preached for the preservation thereof . Seeing since it is departed , this supports my soul , having little hope that peace ...
... Peace did long lie languishing in this land . No small contentment , that , to my poor power , I have prayed and preached for the preservation thereof . Seeing since it is departed , this supports my soul , having little hope that peace ...
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Page 148 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 106 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Page 140 - And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they ? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Page 43 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 62 - My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 137 - And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? Was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Page 125 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 169 - And the land shall mourn, every family apart: the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart...
Page 82 - HA is the interjection of laughter ; Ah is an interjection of sorrow. The difference betwixt them very small, as consisting only in the transposition of what is no substantial letter, but a bare aspiration. How quickly, in the age of a minute, in the very turning of a breath, is our mirth changed into mourning ! XV.
Page 93 - Some therefore cried one thing, and some another : for the assembly was confused, and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.