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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... wicked ; plotting a revolt , creating a religion to his state , marring Israelites to make subjects , branded in his name , smitten in his hand , in his loins . You shall see a faithful messenger of God , after miraculous proof of his ...
... wicked ; plotting a revolt , creating a religion to his state , marring Israelites to make subjects , branded in his name , smitten in his hand , in his loins . You shall see a faithful messenger of God , after miraculous proof of his ...
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... wicked infidelity ! It was God's prophet that had rent Jeroboam's garment into twelve pieces , and had given ten of them to him , in token of his sharing the ten tribes , who with the same breath also told CONT . II . 11 Jeroboam .
... wicked infidelity ! It was God's prophet that had rent Jeroboam's garment into twelve pieces , and had given ten of them to him , in token of his sharing the ten tribes , who with the same breath also told CONT . II . 11 Jeroboam .
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... Wicked men care not to make bold with God in cases of their own commodity : if the laws of their Maker lie in the way of their profit or promotion , they either spurn them out , or tread upon them at pleasure ; aspiring minds will know ...
... Wicked men care not to make bold with God in cases of their own commodity : if the laws of their Maker lie in the way of their profit or promotion , they either spurn them out , or tread upon them at pleasure ; aspiring minds will know ...
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... wicked men pervert the wholesome institu- tions of God to their sin , to their bane ! Jeroboam could not be ignorant how fearfully this very act was revenged upon Israel in the wilderness ; yet he dares renew in Dan and Bethel . No ...
... wicked men pervert the wholesome institu- tions of God to their sin , to their bane ! Jeroboam could not be ignorant how fearfully this very act was revenged upon Israel in the wilderness ; yet he dares renew in Dan and Bethel . No ...
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... wicked . The prophet is not uncivil , to reject the favour of a prince with- out some reason . He yields no reason of his refusal but the com- mand of his God . God hath charged him , Eat no bread , nor drink water , nor turn again by ...
... wicked . The prophet is not uncivil , to reject the favour of a prince with- out some reason . He yields no reason of his refusal but the com- mand of his God . God hath charged him , Eat no bread , nor drink water , nor turn again by ...
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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.