An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions, in which ... Mr. Bayle's Criticisms Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 1J. Osborn, 1740 |
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... judg- ments or fentiments , and without tying myself down to the painful drudgery of retailing their particular opinions and obfervations . My bufinefs , I thought , was , was , to feast my reader , the best I iv The PREFA c e .
... judg- ments or fentiments , and without tying myself down to the painful drudgery of retailing their particular opinions and obfervations . My bufinefs , I thought , was , was , to feast my reader , the best I iv The PREFA c e .
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... best I could : if the entertainment was to his liking , I imagined he would be little folicitous about the purveyors ( their names and characters ) of the particular messes that made it up . THERE is , perhaps , more vanity than ...
... best I could : if the entertainment was to his liking , I imagined he would be little folicitous about the purveyors ( their names and characters ) of the particular messes that made it up . THERE is , perhaps , more vanity than ...
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... best qualified to the discharge of this duty , and a careful ftudy and thorough knowledge of the fcriptures , was of fuch vaft importance , at once to inform and enlarge their minds , and to preserve them in the purity of their religion ...
... best qualified to the discharge of this duty , and a careful ftudy and thorough knowledge of the fcriptures , was of fuch vaft importance , at once to inform and enlarge their minds , and to preserve them in the purity of their religion ...
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... best habits of piety and virtue , to receive , upon extraordinary occafions , the inspirations of the Spirit of GOD . THESE were to the Jews the great teach- ers of virtue and wisdom , as the philo- fophers were in fome measure to the ...
... best habits of piety and virtue , to receive , upon extraordinary occafions , the inspirations of the Spirit of GOD . THESE were to the Jews the great teach- ers of virtue and wisdom , as the philo- fophers were in fome measure to the ...
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... best , they were obliged to refort thither but thrice in a << year but other places they had for prayer " and inftruction , namely , the schools of " the prophets ; to which they might re- " pair on the fabbaths , new - moons , and ...
... best , they were obliged to refort thither but thrice in a << year but other places they had for prayer " and inftruction , namely , the schools of " the prophets ; to which they might re- " pair on the fabbaths , new - moons , and ...
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Page 128 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. The righteous cry, and the Lord heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles. The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page 273 - Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines...
Page 44 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 128 - For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, And his ears are open unto their prayers: But the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Page 8 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Page 48 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 186 - And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
Page 43 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 41 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 32 - Then answered one of the servants and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-lehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.