The Theological and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 2F., C., and J. Rivington, 1810 - Anglican Communion |
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Page 259
... flower , and comes to the same end : he grows up with a certain prospect of dying ; as the flower groweth among the grass , only to fall before the hand of the mower ; that is , to be cut down , dried up , and withered . His beauty , if ...
... flower , and comes to the same end : he grows up with a certain prospect of dying ; as the flower groweth among the grass , only to fall before the hand of the mower ; that is , to be cut down , dried up , and withered . His beauty , if ...
Page 261
... flower , and is cut down : he fleeth as a shadow , and con- tinueth not ; or , as it is more plainly expressed in the original - he fleeth as a shadow , and standeth not still- his life is not stationary at any period of it : but , like ...
... flower , and is cut down : he fleeth as a shadow , and con- tinueth not ; or , as it is more plainly expressed in the original - he fleeth as a shadow , and standeth not still- his life is not stationary at any period of it : but , like ...
Page 262
... flower that fadeth : the image of the eternal and unchangeable God is a fleeting shadow . How can these things be ? With this question the Philosopher is confounded ; and all the wisdom of the world must faulter in the resolution of it ...
... flower that fadeth : the image of the eternal and unchangeable God is a fleeting shadow . How can these things be ? With this question the Philosopher is confounded ; and all the wisdom of the world must faulter in the resolution of it ...
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... flower , and fleeth as a shadow . By the shortness of his days the number of his temptations are lessened : and yet , short as they are , he has time enough to prepare himself for the kingdom of God ; which is the work he is sent into ...
... flower , and fleeth as a shadow . By the shortness of his days the number of his temptations are lessened : and yet , short as they are , he has time enough to prepare himself for the kingdom of God ; which is the work he is sent into ...
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... flower , springing as a root out of a dry ground ; and having been agitated by the rough blasts of human pride , diabolical malice , and divine wrath , this rose of Sharon bowed its head , and withered upon the cross . Nor was Christ ...
... flower , springing as a root out of a dry ground ; and having been agitated by the rough blasts of human pride , diabolical malice , and divine wrath , this rose of Sharon bowed its head , and withered upon the cross . Nor was Christ ...
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Page 180 - And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns : and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.
Page 341 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 339 - THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice Even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, They shall see the glory of the Lord, And the excellency of our God.
Page 306 - These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
Page 103 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.
Page 328 - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness : therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Page 95 - Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation ; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
Page 207 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 199 - But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
Page 129 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.