Sacred Biography, Or, The History of the Patriarchs: To which is Added, the History of Deborah, Ruth, and Hannah ... |
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And this shall serve as an Introduction to the farther continuation of a Course of Lectures on the history of the memorable persons and events presented to us in the holy scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments .
And this shall serve as an Introduction to the farther continuation of a Course of Lectures on the history of the memorable persons and events presented to us in the holy scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments .
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He once felt the events which affected his family , with the emotion natural to a man ; he has since beheld them extending their influence to nations which he thought not of ; and he now looks forward in holy rapture , to that period ...
He once felt the events which affected his family , with the emotion natural to a man ; he has since beheld them extending their influence to nations which he thought not of ; and he now looks forward in holy rapture , to that period ...
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Were our hearts right with God , miraculous interpositions would be unnecessary ; every creature , every event should promote our acquaintance with our Maker . And such is the condescension of the Most High , that he vouchsafes to cure ...
Were our hearts right with God , miraculous interpositions would be unnecessary ; every creature , every event should promote our acquaintance with our Maker . And such is the condescension of the Most High , that he vouchsafes to cure ...
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... to a train of events closely succeeding each other ; and all issuing in the people's assembling together , in that very spot , to worship , after their enfranchisement , all forming a chain of evidence , that the authority under ...
... to a train of events closely succeeding each other ; and all issuing in the people's assembling together , in that very spot , to worship , after their enfranchisement , all forming a chain of evidence , that the authority under ...
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In contemplating , therefore , agents and events , those of which we have heard and read , or those which we see and in which we are concerned , the only road to composure and improvement is , to consider the whole as the work of a ...
In contemplating , therefore , agents and events , those of which we have heard and read , or those which we see and in which we are concerned , the only road to composure and improvement is , to consider the whole as the work of a ...
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