The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall: Contemplations upon the principal passages in the holy story Book XVIII to XXIUniversity Press, 1863 |
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... hand : prophets must only denounce judgment ; princes execute . Future things are present to the Eternal . It was some two hundred and sixty years ere this prophecy should be fulfilled ; yet the man of God speaks of it as now in acting ...
... hand : prophets must only denounce judgment ; princes execute . Future things are present to the Eternal . It was some two hundred and sixty years ere this prophecy should be fulfilled ; yet the man of God speaks of it as now in acting ...
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... hand which his rage stretches out dries up , and cannot be pulled back again : and now stands the king of Israel , like some antique statue , in a posture of impotent endeavour ; so disabled to the hurt of the prophet , that he cannot ...
... hand which his rage stretches out dries up , and cannot be pulled back again : and now stands the king of Israel , like some antique statue , in a posture of impotent endeavour ; so disabled to the hurt of the prophet , that he cannot ...
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... hand is over that roaring lion that goes about continually seeking whom he may devour . Thine hand withholds him , that though he may shed the blood of thine elect , yet he cannot hurt their souls ; and while he doth those things which ...
... hand is over that roaring lion that goes about continually seeking whom he may devour . Thine hand withholds him , that though he may shed the blood of thine elect , yet he cannot hurt their souls ; and while he doth those things which ...
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... hand that wields it , and the back that feels it . First , Jeroboam's hand was stricken ; now his son . Abijah the eldest , the best son of Jeroboam , is smitten with sickness . As children are but the pieces of their parents in another ...
... hand that wields it , and the back that feels it . First , Jeroboam's hand was stricken ; now his son . Abijah the eldest , the best son of Jeroboam , is smitten with sickness . As children are but the pieces of their parents in another ...
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... hand , might it not have cured his son ? said to a man of God , Entreat the face of the Lord thy God , that he may restore my hand , says not now in his message to Abijah , " Entreat thy God to restore my son . " Sin makes such a ...
... hand , might it not have cured his son ? said to a man of God , Entreat the face of the Lord thy God , that he may restore my hand , says not now in his message to Abijah , " Entreat thy God to restore my son . " Sin makes such a ...
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Page 58 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 273 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : and if I perish, I perish.
Page 547 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Page 27 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 362 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse : but thou has kept the good wine until now.
Page 643 - And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Page 35 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 647 - They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
Page 38 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 186 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.