A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha: Genesis to CanticlesS. Bagster, 1809 |
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... heaven . " Homo histrio , Deus vero poeta est . " God is the sovereign poet , and we cannot refuse the part which he appoints us to bear in the scene . All our business is to act it well ; chearfully complying with his orders concerning ...
... heaven . " Homo histrio , Deus vero poeta est . " God is the sovereign poet , and we cannot refuse the part which he appoints us to bear in the scene . All our business is to act it well ; chearfully complying with his orders concerning ...
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... heaven . But as soon as ever they entered into the place where he lay , they were surprised with so miserable a spectacle of deformity , that they shrieked aloud , as men affrighted , and burst out into tears , and rent their garments ...
... heaven . But as soon as ever they entered into the place where he lay , they were surprised with so miserable a spectacle of deformity , that they shrieked aloud , as men affrighted , and burst out into tears , and rent their garments ...
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... heavens less subject to his power ; for neither sun nor stars can shine if he forbid them . Ver . 8. Which ... heaven obey him in their several seasons : both those which we see , and those in the other hemi- sphere . Ver . 10 ...
... heavens less subject to his power ; for neither sun nor stars can shine if he forbid them . Ver . 8. Which ... heaven obey him in their several seasons : both those which we see , and those in the other hemi- sphere . Ver . 10 ...
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... heaven , what canst thou do ? deeper than hell , what canst thou know ? ] Thou may- est as well take a measure of the height of heaven , or of the depth of hell . Ver . 9. The measure thereof is longer than the earth , and broader than ...
... heaven , what canst thou do ? deeper than hell , what canst thou know ? ] Thou may- est as well take a measure of the height of heaven , or of the depth of hell . Ver . 9. The measure thereof is longer than the earth , and broader than ...
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... heaven , and my record is on high . ] But what need of these im- precations ? the great God who rules over all is my witness , and can testify how just I have been toward my neighbours , and how pious toward himself . Ver . 20. My ...
... heaven , and my record is on high . ] But what need of these im- precations ? the great God who rules over all is my witness , and can testify how just I have been toward my neighbours , and how pious toward himself . Ver . 20. My ...
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Page iii - And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt-offerings according to the number of them all : for Job said, " It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.
Page 163 - And he shall live, and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba : prayer also shall be made for him continually ; and daily shall he be praised. 16 There shall be a handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains ; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon : and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.
Page 120 - Why art thou cast down, 0 my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me ? Hope thou in God ; for I shall yet praise him for the help of his. countenance.
Page 451 - For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Page 275 - Because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked for thyself long life, neither hast asked riches for thyself nor hast asked the life of thine enemies, but hast asked for thyself understanding to discern...
Page 426 - Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 408 - And I gave my heart to seek and search out by wisdom concerning all things that are done under heaven : this sore travail hath GOD given to the sons of man to be exercised therewith.
Page 359 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain ; if thou sayest, "Behold, we knew it not;" doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 417 - A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing...
Page 163 - His name shall endure for ever: his name shall be continued as long as the sun : And men shall be blessed in him : all nations shall call him blessed.