Sacred Biography- Or: The History of the Patriarchs to which is Added the History of Deborah, Ruth & Hannah Being a Course of Lectures Delivered at the Seots Church, Volume 2 |
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... the gloom of death ; by this , though dead , he exists , though filent he speaketh
, “ absent from the body he is present with the Lord ; " the moment of his
departure is on the wing to overtake that of his redemption from the power of the
grave .
... the gloom of death ; by this , though dead , he exists , though filent he speaketh
, “ absent from the body he is present with the Lord ; " the moment of his
departure is on the wing to overtake that of his redemption from the power of the
grave .
Page 53
But to the attentive , inquiring , enlightened spirit , they present a vast
combination of worlds , each in its place , every one moving in its proper orbit ; ;
the whole possessing every quality that can at once excite altonishment and
inspire delight ...
But to the attentive , inquiring , enlightened spirit , they present a vast
combination of worlds , each in its place , every one moving in its proper orbit ; ;
the whole possessing every quality that can at once excite altonishment and
inspire delight ...
Page 131
... it ogged with some unpleasant condition , that I raiher be without it : it affords
me present reit will it not involve me in greater difficulties ar ? Had I failed in my
expectations from arter , I should easily have gained my end by applying to
another ...
... it ogged with some unpleasant condition , that I raiher be without it : it affords
me present reit will it not involve me in greater difficulties ar ? Had I failed in my
expectations from arter , I should easily have gained my end by applying to
another ...
Page 92
His piety , resignation and obedience ; his meekness , gentleness and
compassion , present amiable pat . terns , and they are the ornaments suited to
your present state . It is given but to a favoured few to exhibit heroic virtue , to
perforın ...
His piety , resignation and obedience ; his meekness , gentleness and
compassion , present amiable pat . terns , and they are the ornaments suited to
your present state . It is given but to a favoured few to exhibit heroic virtue , to
perforın ...
Page 131
We conclude the present with earnestly exhorting you , To be instructed by the
history of Aaron to be gin to live betimes : if not to public observation , utility and
importance , at least to the purposes of piety , and to the duties and virtues of the
...
We conclude the present with earnestly exhorting you , To be instructed by the
history of Aaron to be gin to live betimes : if not to public observation , utility and
importance , at least to the purposes of piety , and to the duties and virtues of the
...
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Aaron Abraham according affection againſt alſo angels appearance attempt authority becauſe become behold blood body bread bring brought called Chriſt cloud command conduct continually death delivered deſtroy divine earth Egypt Egyptians eternal event eyes face faith Father fear feel fire firſt give given glory grace hand hath heart heaven himſelf hiſtory holy hope human hundred importance Iſrael itſelf Jeſus king land LECTURE light living look Lord means mind miracle Mofes Moſes moſt mount muſt nature never night object obſerve once paſs paſſage perfect perſon Pharaoh preſent promiſe prophet Providence purpoſe reaſon ſaid ſame ſay ſea ſee ſhall ſhould ſon ſoul ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſubject ſuch thee themſelves theſe things thoſe thou thouſand tion truth unto uſe Verſe voice whole wiſdom wonders
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Page 127 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 115 - Above it stood the Seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.
Page 227 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 17 - For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
Page 10 - Blessed be the LORD, who hath delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of Pharaoh, who hath delivered the people from under the hand of the Egyptians.
Page 97 - Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 180 - Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the Bread Which cometh down from Heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. I am the Living Bread Which came down from Heaven : if any man eat of this Bread, he shall live for ever : and the Bread That I will give is My Flesh, Which I will give for the life of the world.
Page 205 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain: and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.
Page 119 - And Moses was not able to enter into the tent of the congregation, because the cloud abode thereon, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
Page 173 - Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for His own sins, and then for the people's : for this He did once, when He offered up Himself.