An Universal History: From the Beginning of the World, to the Empire of CharlemagneR. Moore, 1821 - 405 pages |
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... prophet , wor thy to sing the wonders of divine omnipotence ! a man , in short , after God's own heart , as he himself terms him , and who , by his penitence , made his very crime turn to his creator's glory . To this pious warrior ...
... prophet , wor thy to sing the wonders of divine omnipotence ! a man , in short , after God's own heart , as he himself terms him , and who , by his penitence , made his very crime turn to his creator's glory . To this pious warrior ...
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... prophet Elijah . Ahab was slain some time after , notwithstanding the precautions he s107 . 392. took for his safety . About this time must be placed 112 the foundation of Carthage , which Tyrian Dido built in a situation , where ...
... prophet Elijah . Ahab was slain some time after , notwithstanding the precautions he s107 . 392. took for his safety . About this time must be placed 112 the foundation of Carthage , which Tyrian Dido built in a situation , where ...
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... prophets , the chief of whom at that time were Hosea and Isaiah , began to publish their prophecies in writing , and in particular books , the originals whereof they de- posited in the temple , to serve for a monument to pos- terity ...
... prophets , the chief of whom at that time were Hosea and Isaiah , began to publish their prophecies in writing , and in particular books , the originals whereof they de- posited in the temple , to serve for a monument to pos- terity ...
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... prophets , who sacrificed in the temple , were had in detestation among them ; which is the reason the Samaritans , re- ceive only the Pentateuch to this day . & C . A. R .. lib . i . c . 27 . While Esar - haddon and the Assyrians were ...
... prophets , who sacrificed in the temple , were had in detestation among them ; which is the reason the Samaritans , re- ceive only the Pentateuch to this day . & C . A. R .. lib . i . c . 27 . While Esar - haddon and the Assyrians were ...
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... prophet Jeremiah : the second time 10. under Jechonias , or Jehoiachin , son of Jehoiakim ; and the last time under ... prophets Ezekiel and Daniel . Among them likewise are to be counted the three young men , whom Nebuchadnezzar could ...
... prophet Jeremiah : the second time 10. under Jechonias , or Jehoiachin , son of Jehoiakim ; and the last time under ... prophets Ezekiel and Daniel . Among them likewise are to be counted the three young men , whom Nebuchadnezzar could ...
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Page 141 - Judah is a lion's whelp; from the prey, my son, thou art gone up. He stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion. Who shall rouse him up? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
Page 223 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Page 159 - Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for He hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father He liked me to make me king over all Israel: 5.
Page 180 - BEHOLD, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me : and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple; even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in; behold, he shall come, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 238 - If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 222 - Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Page 239 - For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 224 - ... 0 the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor? or who hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed unto him again ? For of him, and through him, and to him, are all things : to whom be glory for ever. Amen.
Page 149 - He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.
Page 174 - I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee: but I will not make a full end of thee, but correct thee in measure ; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.