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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If from the schools of the Magi he drew such stores of wisdom and eloquence ,
high must our ideas rise of those noble seminaries of learning . But Moses
derived his wonderful accomplishments from a much higher source , even from
the ...
If from the schools of the Magi he drew such stores of wisdom and eloquence ,
high must our ideas rise of those noble seminaries of learning . But Moses
derived his wonderful accomplishments from a much higher source , even from
the ...
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THE great Aùthor and Ruler of the world has eve idently in view the pleasure and
happiness , as well as the wisdom and virtue of his rational creatures . We find ,
through the widely expanded frame of nature , and the extensive plan of ...
THE great Aùthor and Ruler of the world has eve idently in view the pleasure and
happiness , as well as the wisdom and virtue of his rational creatures . We find ,
through the widely expanded frame of nature , and the extensive plan of ...
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But true wisdom only considers whether the hint be useful , practicable and
necessary , without regarding from what quarter it comes . And fuch was the
wisdom of Mofes , and he was prepared for converse with God , who had learned
...
But true wisdom only considers whether the hint be useful , practicable and
necessary , without regarding from what quarter it comes . And fuch was the
wisdom of Mofes , and he was prepared for converse with God , who had learned
...
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And such was the wisdom el es , and he was prepared for converse with Godoy
co had learned deference and respect for the oper 3 of men . And thus the very
first rudiments ar - J with constitution , were suggested by the obfeEun and ...
And such was the wisdom el es , and he was prepared for converse with Godoy
co had learned deference and respect for the oper 3 of men . And thus the very
first rudiments ar - J with constitution , were suggested by the obfeEun and ...
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Having descended from the mount , he collects them accordingly by their elders ;
the men first in age , first in wisdom , first in dignity and authority ; and delivers to
them the high message which he had in charge . Imprefl ed at once with the ...
Having descended from the mount , he collects them accordingly by their elders ;
the men first in age , first in wisdom , first in dignity and authority ; and delivers to
them the high message which he had in charge . Imprefl ed at once with the ...
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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.