Sacred Biography, Or, The History of the Patriarchs: To which is Added the History of Deborah, Ruth, and Hannah, Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Scots Church, London Wall, Volume 3T. Simpson, 1806 - Bible |
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... reason can explain ? Alas , we need not travel to the deserts of Arabia , nor look back to the days of the golden calf , nor of the waters of Meri- bah , for the persons who discovered such a spirit . We have but to look into our own ...
... reason can explain ? Alas , we need not travel to the deserts of Arabia , nor look back to the days of the golden calf , nor of the waters of Meri- bah , for the persons who discovered such a spirit . We have but to look into our own ...
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... reason and religion , as well as sympathy and humanity , oblige a man to submit to the inconve- niency of a journey somewhat more tedious and fa- tiguing , instead of attempting to cut a nearer passage for himself , through the bowels ...
... reason and religion , as well as sympathy and humanity , oblige a man to submit to the inconve- niency of a journey somewhat more tedious and fa- tiguing , instead of attempting to cut a nearer passage for himself , through the bowels ...
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... reason of man approved ; they are the sovereign appointment of Heaven . The effect is preternatural , yet real ; and reason rejoices in what it could not have discovered . The sight of a life- less serpent of metal working as an ...
... reason of man approved ; they are the sovereign appointment of Heaven . The effect is preternatural , yet real ; and reason rejoices in what it could not have discovered . The sight of a life- less serpent of metal working as an ...
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... reasons and end of that extension are obviously manifest . Not a single hour is added to the life of any one , merely to make up such a quantity of time . No , every moment is destined to its peculiar purpose , passes to account , calls ...
... reasons and end of that extension are obviously manifest . Not a single hour is added to the life of any one , merely to make up such a quantity of time . No , every moment is destined to its peculiar purpose , passes to account , calls ...
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... reason to believe , God in wisdom overruled favorably to the exercise of their sacred function . Of their other privileges and immunities , we are not now led to treat . The words we have read . limit our attention to an institution ...
... reason to believe , God in wisdom overruled favorably to the exercise of their sacred function . Of their other privileges and immunities , we are not now led to treat . The words we have read . limit our attention to an institution ...
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Page ii - And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole : and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.
Page xiii - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory, for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 257 - The mother of Sisera looked out at a window, and cried through the lattice, Why is his chariot so long in coming ? Why tarry the wheels of his chariots...
Page 33 - And the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people ; and much people of Israel died.
Page 90 - Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Page iv - And the Lord said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed : I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither.
Page v - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Page 195 - And the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof. And the rib which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman, and brought her unto the man.
Page 36 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness. And for his wonderful works to the children of men!
Page 91 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.