Jonah: his life, character and mission, viewed in connexion with the prophet's own times, and future manifestations of God's mind and will in prophecyJohnstone, 1849 - 237 pages |
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Abraham affliction appears Assyria Babylon backsliding blessing book of Jonah called Canaan Catechism Chalmers character Christ Christian Church of Scotland circumcised circumstances cloth connexion corruption covenant Covenanters death Demy 12mo Demy 8vo destruction divine doom doubt Edinburgh Edom evil faith Fcap feel Foolscap 8vo Free Church given glory God's gospel grace ground hand heart heathen holy honour Hugh Miller instruction James Buchanan Jehovah Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jews John Judah judgment king kingdom of Israel kingdom of Judah labours land living Lord Lord's manifest ment mercy mind mission moral nations nature ness Nineveh Ninevites occasion peculiar peculiarly portion prayer preaching present principle promise proof proper prophecy prophet psalms purpose referred regard reign repentance respect righteous Scripture Second Edition seed Sermon simply soul spirit Tarshish thee things Third Edition Thomas Chalmers thou thought tion truth unto uttered word worship Zion
Popular passages
Page 221 - I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and 'they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Page 140 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 116 - So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, from the greatest of them even to the least of them. For word came unto the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and he laid his robe from him, and covered him with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Page 147 - Lord, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live.
Page 182 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out. For who hath known the mind of the Lord?
Page 28 - Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 35 - Are ye not as children of the Ethiopians unto me, O children of Israel? saith the Lord. Have not I brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt? and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?
Page 140 - Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Page 84 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly ; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 222 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end. Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. And I will be found of you, saith the Lou D : and I will turn away your captivity...