A Commentary Upon the Old and New Testaments, with the Apocrypha: Genesis to CanticlesS. Bagster, 1809 |
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... tion for the holy Scriptures ; so I know to be a constant reader of them : and therefore humbly offer this assistance to your Lordship , for the understanding of the oldest book ( as I have shown ) of that sacred volume , which , I am ...
... tion for the holy Scriptures ; so I know to be a constant reader of them : and therefore humbly offer this assistance to your Lordship , for the understanding of the oldest book ( as I have shown ) of that sacred volume , which , I am ...
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... tion , chastity and purity , justice and equity , charity and compassion , as few have done in a private condi- tion . This is as admirable , and will be praised as much to all generations , as his generous patience ; which was so much ...
... tion , chastity and purity , justice and equity , charity and compassion , as few have done in a private condi- tion . This is as admirable , and will be praised as much to all generations , as his generous patience ; which was so much ...
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... tion ) , and prayed to God , by offering burnt - offerings for every one of them , because he was afraid they might have done or spoken something that was pro- fane , and misbecoming their religion , when their minds , loosened by mirth ...
... tion ) , and prayed to God , by offering burnt - offerings for every one of them , because he was afraid they might have done or spoken something that was pro- fane , and misbecoming their religion , when their minds , loosened by mirth ...
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... tion , who dwell in bodies of dirt ; which stand upon no firm foundation , but are as subject to be destroyed , as a garment to be fretted with moths ? Ver . 20. They are destroyed from morning to even- ing : they perish for ever ...
... tion , who dwell in bodies of dirt ; which stand upon no firm foundation , but are as subject to be destroyed , as a garment to be fretted with moths ? Ver . 20. They are destroyed from morning to even- ing : they perish for ever ...
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... tion ; Ver . 6. If thou wert pure and upright , surely now be would awake for thee , and make the babitation of thy righteousness prosperous . ] And wert thyself sincere in heart , and upright in thine actions , he would cer- tainly ...
... tion ; Ver . 6. If thou wert pure and upright , surely now be would awake for thee , and make the babitation of thy righteousness prosperous . ] And wert thyself sincere in heart , and upright in thine actions , he would cer- tainly ...
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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.