Saul, the first king of Israel, a Scripture studyJ. Snow, 1853 |
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... attempt is made to put Him off , so to speak , with the inferior for the superior , with the external for the spiritual , with the form for the reality - can utter with indignant tones His own mind and His own principles of action thus ...
... attempt is made to put Him off , so to speak , with the inferior for the superior , with the external for the spiritual , with the form for the reality - can utter with indignant tones His own mind and His own principles of action thus ...
Page 158
... attempted to cover his sin had all been flung away by the arguments of the man of God . The sentence before uttered , that the kingdom should be taken away from him , had now been reiterated and solemnly confirmed . We look for the ...
... attempted to cover his sin had all been flung away by the arguments of the man of God . The sentence before uttered , that the kingdom should be taken away from him , had now been reiterated and solemnly confirmed . We look for the ...
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... guilty . We discover at once , in this circumstance , the opposite of that state of mind which feels the weight of personal sin , and which longs to unburden itself ; and , as we M 162 ATTEMPT TO THROW compare it with that scripture ,
... guilty . We discover at once , in this circumstance , the opposite of that state of mind which feels the weight of personal sin , and which longs to unburden itself ; and , as we M 162 ATTEMPT TO THROW compare it with that scripture ,
Page 162
... attempt to cover his sin - an attempt which , after all , did not succeed - than as that unbur- dening of conscious guilt which is alone con- sistent with true penitence . II . A second proof against Saul's real peni- tence is his attempt ...
... attempt to cover his sin - an attempt which , after all , did not succeed - than as that unbur- dening of conscious guilt which is alone con- sistent with true penitence . II . A second proof against Saul's real peni- tence is his attempt ...
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... attempt at extenuation . But it is not thus that we find those acting , who are set before us in scripture as examples of true repentance . There is no attempt to palliate when David , in the 51st Psalm , sues for mercy ; nay , he ...
... attempt at extenuation . But it is not thus that we find those acting , who are set before us in scripture as examples of true repentance . There is no attempt to palliate when David , in the 51st Psalm , sues for mercy ; nay , he ...
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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.