Beauties of the Bible: Being a Selection Form the Old and New Testaments, with Various Remarks and Brief Dissertations, Designed for the Use of Christians in General, and Particularly for the Use of Schools, and for the Improvement of YouthEzra Sampson Harry Croswell, 1806 - 338 pages |
Contents
| iii | |
| 13 | |
| 16 | |
| 20 | |
| 25 | |
| 26 | |
| 28 | |
| 34 | |
| 36 | |
| 38 | |
| 40 | |
| 58 | |
| 68 | |
| 71 | |
| 73 | |
| 75 | |
| 81 | |
| 85 | |
| 90 | |
| 94 | |
| 98 | |
| 138 | |
| 141 | |
| 145 | |
| 146 | |
| 148 | |
| 150 | |
| 154 | |
| 160 | |
| 162 | |
| 171 | |
| 172 | |
| 262 | |
| 269 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abfalom Abimelech Abram afked againſt Ahab Ahimaaz alfo alſo anfwered arofe becauſe behold bleffed bread brethren brother brought burning fiery furnace caft called caufe CHAPTER children of Ifrael Chrift Chriftian commanded daugh David deftroy difciples earth Egypt Elijah evil fame father fave faying feen fent feven fhalt thou fhew fhould fight filver flain flood fmote fome forrow foul fpake unto fpeak fpirit ftone ftood fuch furely fword Gideon hand heard heart heaven himſelf holy houfe houſe Jefus Jerufalem Jews Joab Jofeph Jonathan laid Lord faid unto Midian Midianites Mofes Nebuchadnezzar Nineveh pafs paſs Pharaoh Philiftine pray thee prefence prifon ſaid Saul ſhall Shechem Sodom thefe things thereof theſe thine thofe thou art thou shalt thouſand thy felf thy fervant took underſtanding unto Mofes unto the Lord unto thee waters whofe wife words ye fhall
Popular passages
Page 224 - He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not.
Page 256 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was. And when he saw him he had compassion on him and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence and gave them to the host, and said unto him, 'Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 245 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 259 - And he said unto him. If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 66 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 164 - THE FOOL hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Page 226 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 52 - And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one ; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
Page 251 - And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: And to love him with all the heart and with all the understanding and with all the soul and with all the strength and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.
Page 221 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Beauties of the Bible: Being a Selection Form the Old and New Testaments, with Various Remarks and Brief Dissertations, Designed for the Use of Christians in General, and Particularly for the Use of Schools, and for the Improvement of Youth |
| Editor | Ezra Sampson |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Harry Croswell, 1806 |
| Original from | Princeton University |
| Digitized | 19 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 338 pages |
| Export Citation | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |