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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... sin is a punishment of sin , it is a part of justice . The Holy One of Israel doth not abhor to use even the grossest sins to his own just pur- poses while our wills are free to our own choice , his decrees are as necessary as just ...
... sin is a punishment of sin , it is a part of justice . The Holy One of Israel doth not abhor to use even the grossest sins to his own just pur- poses while our wills are free to our own choice , his decrees are as necessary as just ...
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... sins of the place we live in is no less strange than for wholesome liquor tunned up in a musty vessel not to smell ... sin is filthy , but the first authors of sin are abominable . How is Jeroboam branded in every of these sacred leaves ...
... sins of the place we live in is no less strange than for wholesome liquor tunned up in a musty vessel not to smell ... sin is filthy , but the first authors of sin are abominable . How is Jeroboam branded in every of these sacred leaves ...
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... sin ; yea , to tread in those very steps which their feet have touched . If this inhibition were personal , yet the ... sin of Jeroboam ? what needed a seer to come out of Judah for the reproof of that sin which was acted under his nose ...
... sin ; yea , to tread in those very steps which their feet have touched . If this inhibition were personal , yet the ... sin of Jeroboam ? what needed a seer to come out of Judah for the reproof of that sin which was acted under his nose ...
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... sins ? I cannot think but this prophet died in the favour of God , though by the teeth of the lion . His life was forfeited for example , his soul was safe ; yea , his very carcass was left , though torn , yet fair , after those deadly ...
... sins ? I cannot think but this prophet died in the favour of God , though by the teeth of the lion . His life was forfeited for example , his soul was safe ; yea , his very carcass was left , though torn , yet fair , after those deadly ...
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... sins , and had rather be self - condemned than wise and penitent . As for that old seer , it is like Jeroboam knew ... Sin makes such a strange- ness betwixt God and man , that the guilty heart either thinks not of suing to God or fears ...
... sins , and had rather be self - condemned than wise and penitent . As for that old seer , it is like Jeroboam knew ... Sin makes such a strange- ness betwixt God and man , that the guilty heart either thinks not of suing to God or fears ...
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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.