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... thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die , " was the sanction of the divine law . How equita- ble , how gracious the terms ! However men may be disposed to cavil , who would not have been content to rest the issue of life and death on ...
... thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die , " was the sanction of the divine law . How equita- ble , how gracious the terms ! However men may be disposed to cavil , who would not have been content to rest the issue of life and death on ...
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... thou gavest me ; " - want of natural affection , for he endeavoured to exonerate himself from blame by impeaching the wife of his bosom . The female criminal acts the same unhumbled part ; she neither takes shame to herself , nor gives ...
... thou gavest me ; " - want of natural affection , for he endeavoured to exonerate himself from blame by impeaching the wife of his bosom . The female criminal acts the same unhumbled part ; she neither takes shame to herself , nor gives ...
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... thou art pleas'd to smite ? for had'st thou dealt In righteous judgment , I had long since dwelt In that abyss , where prayer itself , t ' obtain The slightest mitigation of my doom , Were unavailing . Let me rather praise Thy patience ...
... thou art pleas'd to smite ? for had'st thou dealt In righteous judgment , I had long since dwelt In that abyss , where prayer itself , t ' obtain The slightest mitigation of my doom , Were unavailing . Let me rather praise Thy patience ...
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... thou that Almighty God is the author of life and death , and of all things to them pertaining , as youth , strength , health , age , weakness , and sickness . Wherefore , whatsoever be your sick- ness , know you certainly , that it is ...
... thou that Almighty God is the author of life and death , and of all things to them pertaining , as youth , strength , health , age , weakness , and sickness . Wherefore , whatsoever be your sick- ness , know you certainly , that it is ...
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... thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God , and that my fear is not in thee , saith the Lord God of hosts . " The instructions of the rod are more impressive than those of the word ; they render us more attentive to God's voice , and more ...
... thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God , and that my fear is not in thee , saith the Lord God of hosts . " The instructions of the rod are more impressive than those of the word ; they render us more attentive to God's voice , and more ...
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Page 108 - If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them...
Page 113 - My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him : For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Page 57 - Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, [as] unto a faithful Creator.
Page 251 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 196 - Hereby know we that we dwell in him, and he in us; because he hath given us of his Spirit.
Page 44 - If ye be reproached for the name of CHRIST, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of GOD resteth upon you : on their part He is evil spoken of, but on your part He is glorified. But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify GOD on this behalf.
Page 203 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will we not fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof. The Lord of Hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Page 300 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 69 - For the moth shall eat them up like a garment, and the worm shall eat them like wool ; but my righteousness shall be for ever, and my salvation from generation to generation.
Page 71 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...