Saul, the first king of Israel, a Scripture studyJ. Snow, 1853 |
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... character . Such persons , therefore , profess themselves to be under the necessity of seeking in other volumes that which they affirm that the Bible does not supply . How far their representations are founded in truth may be ...
... character . Such persons , therefore , profess themselves to be under the necessity of seeking in other volumes that which they affirm that the Bible does not supply . How far their representations are founded in truth may be ...
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... character without a perpetual reference to its pages , would be to act as unwise and absurd a part as that man would act , who , pretending to desire profi- ciency in any branch of science , should content himself with merely reading ...
... character without a perpetual reference to its pages , would be to act as unwise and absurd a part as that man would act , who , pretending to desire profi- ciency in any branch of science , should content himself with merely reading ...
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Joseph Augustus Miller. study of character . In comparison with other Scrip- ture memoirs , little has been written upon this piece of biography ; and I felt , therefore , that it afforded an open field for observation and prayerful ...
Joseph Augustus Miller. study of character . In comparison with other Scrip- ture memoirs , little has been written upon this piece of biography ; and I felt , therefore , that it afforded an open field for observation and prayerful ...
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... character ; yet did he not retain the kingdom in his family , but made way for David and the long line which succeeded him as their father and their head . But chiefly on moral grounds his life and history will repay a careful study . B ...
... character ; yet did he not retain the kingdom in his family , but made way for David and the long line which succeeded him as their father and their head . But chiefly on moral grounds his life and history will repay a careful study . B ...
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... character . We have the opportunity of looking at it in no abbreviated form ; of contemplating it in a great variety of circumstances ; of contrasting that which was outward in conduct with subsequently revealed and ascertained motive ...
... character . We have the opportunity of looking at it in no abbreviated form ; of contemplating it in a great variety of circumstances ; of contrasting that which was outward in conduct with subsequently revealed and ascertained motive ...
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afford altar Amalek Amalekite appear Behold Bible blessing character circum circumstances command condemn conduct confession conscience course David death desire divine grace Doeg the Edomite duty earthly elegy evil excited familiar spirits father favour fear feel felt folly forgiveness Gilgal give God's guilt habit hand hath heart holy honour influence iniquity Israelites JOHN SNOW Jonathan king of Israel kingdom of Israel Kish London Missionary Society look Lord manifest ment mercy mind moral MORTON BROWN narrative natural never obedience object offence ourselves outward pardon penitent Philistines played the fool position possession prayer present principle proof prophet racter regard religion remember repentance Samuel Saul Saul's history Scripture seek side Jordan sins solemn sorrow soul spirit stand tell tence things thou shalt thought tion transgression truth utter voice witchcraft words wrong Ziph
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Page 4 - And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
Page 286 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain, upon you, nor fields of offerings : for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul, as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Page 146 - Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem? The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger.
Page 285 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. " Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 123 - If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Page 148 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 86 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.
Page 18 - Saul, a choice young man, and a goodly: and there was not among the children of Israel a goodlier person than he: from his shoulders and upward he was higher than any of the people.
Page 133 - Thus saith the Lord of Hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Page 241 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.