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... Philip of Macedon . 211 An unexpected Sermon 213 The Fit of Abstraction 214 The Coat of many Colours 217 Sudden Changes 219 The churlish Farmer 221 Desolation 223 The Doors being shut 225 Trying Times 226 The two Busts 228 viii CONTENTS ...
... Philip of Macedon . 211 An unexpected Sermon 213 The Fit of Abstraction 214 The Coat of many Colours 217 Sudden Changes 219 The churlish Farmer 221 Desolation 223 The Doors being shut 225 Trying Times 226 The two Busts 228 viii CONTENTS ...
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... ships , that do business in great waters , " and that see so much of " the works of the Lord , and his wonders in the deep , " should be so little affected by the judgments and mercy of God . PHILIP OF MACEDON . " No warrior was ever ...
... ships , that do business in great waters , " and that see so much of " the works of the Lord , and his wonders in the deep , " should be so little affected by the judgments and mercy of God . PHILIP OF MACEDON . " No warrior was ever ...
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George Mogridge. PHILIP OF MACEDON . " No warrior was ever bolder or more intrepid in the field than Philip of Macedon . Demos- thenes , who cannot be suspected of having flattered him , gives the following testimony . I saw , ' says ...
George Mogridge. PHILIP OF MACEDON . " No warrior was ever bolder or more intrepid in the field than Philip of Macedon . Demos- thenes , who cannot be suspected of having flattered him , gives the following testimony . I saw , ' says ...
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George Mogridge. 212 PHILIP OF MACEDON . and a crown of eternal glory ; and yet they who follow after the lesser advantage , show more ar- dour , self - denial , and enterprise , than those who pursue the greater . He who would endure ...
George Mogridge. 212 PHILIP OF MACEDON . and a crown of eternal glory ; and yet they who follow after the lesser advantage , show more ar- dour , self - denial , and enterprise , than those who pursue the greater . He who would endure ...
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Page 2 - LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
Page 109 - As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.
Page 237 - Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith ; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Page 94 - As for man, his days are as grass; as a flower of the field, so he flourisheth : For the wind passeth over it, and it is gone ; and the place thereof shall know it no more.
Page 58 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 224 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 50 - OsING unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.
Page 271 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 17 - Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 18 - Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion ; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away.