The arguments of the books and chapters of the Old (and New) Testament, with practical observations, tr. by J. Chamberlayne, Volume 1 |
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... to the highest degree of piety and perfection , to fall into the most extravagant notions , and sometimes into the greatest impurities . In short , to the same cause may be ascribed all that remissness A 3 Preliminary Discourse .
... to the highest degree of piety and perfection , to fall into the most extravagant notions , and sometimes into the greatest impurities . In short , to the same cause may be ascribed all that remissness A 3 Preliminary Discourse .
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... piety and devotion . First , We learn from them the principal doctrines of Reli- gion , such as these : That there is a God who made the world : that he governs all things by his Provi- dence , dispensing good and evil , protecting good ...
... piety and devotion . First , We learn from them the principal doctrines of Reli- gion , such as these : That there is a God who made the world : that he governs all things by his Provi- dence , dispensing good and evil , protecting good ...
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... piety , did not always act in strict conformity to it : thus when David vowed utterly to destroy Nabal's house , we must conclude he sinned in so doing ; and the dis- courses of Job's friends , though they are extremely beautiful and ...
... piety , did not always act in strict conformity to it : thus when David vowed utterly to destroy Nabal's house , we must conclude he sinned in so doing ; and the dis- courses of Job's friends , though they are extremely beautiful and ...
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... discover , first , what is of use to in- struct and inform us ; and then what tends to sanctify us , and bring us to God ; that what we read may al- ways excite us more and more to piety , and xxii Preliminary Discourse .
... discover , first , what is of use to in- struct and inform us ; and then what tends to sanctify us , and bring us to God ; that what we read may al- ways excite us more and more to piety , and xxii Preliminary Discourse .
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... piety and devotion . This dis- position is the principal , and includes all the rest . He that reads the Scriptures must have a love for truth and virtue ; should have a heart inclined to good , and sincerely desirous to know the will ...
... piety and devotion . This dis- position is the principal , and includes all the rest . He that reads the Scriptures must have a love for truth and virtue ; should have a heart inclined to good , and sincerely desirous to know the will ...
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Abimelech Absalom afflictions Ahab Ahaziah Ammonites Athaliah blessing Book Book of Chronicles Canaanites chapter contains children of Israel Christians commands covenant curse David deliver destroy divine duty Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies evil exhorts faith father favour fear gave give glory God's Gospel guilty happiness heart Hezekiah holy humble idolatry idols Israelites Jacob Jehoshaphat Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Christ Jews Joash Joshua judge judgments justice king of Israel king of Judah kingdom kingdom of Israel kingdom of Judah land of Canaan Lastly Levites likewise Lord manner means mercy miracle Moses observed occasion offered particular passover Philistines piety posterity prayer priests prince promises proof prophet prosperity punishment put to death Reflections Rehoboam reign religion remarkable sacrifices Samuel Saul Scriptures serve shows sincere sins solemn Solomon suffer Syrians tabernacle teaches temple things tion tribes uncleanness victory vows wicked worship wrath zeal
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Page 305 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly, that it might not rain ; and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 267 - Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 480 - For his eyes are upon the ways of man, And he seeth all his goings. There is no darkness, nor shadow of death, Where the workers of iniquity may hide themselves.
Page 113 - Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.
Page 118 - Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple, and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar ? Even so hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.
Page 164 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: 20.
Page xxiii - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 144 - And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul...
Page xiii - We have also a more sure word of prophecy, whereunto ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts; knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
Page 58 - See that ye refuse not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven...