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Page 193
Let us remember how constantly we depend upon God for personal and national
peace , When God speaks peace to a man , earth and hell cannot break it . If he
hideth his face , who can have any comfort till they behold it again ?
Let us remember how constantly we depend upon God for personal and national
peace , When God speaks peace to a man , earth and hell cannot break it . If he
hideth his face , who can have any comfort till they behold it again ?
Page 323
He hath often delivered my soul in peace from the batlle ( that was ) against me ,
and he will deliver me from this present rebellion : for there were many with me ,
though many are against me . God shall hear their reproaches and my prayers ...
He hath often delivered my soul in peace from the batlle ( that was ) against me ,
and he will deliver me from this present rebellion : for there were many with me ,
though many are against me . God shall hear their reproaches and my prayers ...
Page 386
Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness and peace have kissed ( each
other , ] like friends that had been long absent ; sobriety , justice , peace , and
good Il order prevail among us . Truth shall spring out of the earth , like plants
after a ...
Mercy and truth are met together ; righteousness and peace have kissed ( each
other , ] like friends that had been long absent ; sobriety , justice , peace , and
good Il order prevail among us . Truth shall spring out of the earth , like plants
after a ...
Page 455
I am for ) peace : but • when I speak , they ( are ] for war ; when I make proposals
of peace , or take any pains to bring them to a better temper , they are for carrying
on the war with so much the more cagerness . REFLECTION . L ' ROM hence ...
I am for ) peace : but • when I speak , they ( are ] for war ; when I make proposals
of peace , or take any pains to bring them to a better temper , they are for carrying
on the war with so much the more cagerness . REFLECTION . L ' ROM hence ...
Page 457
For my brethren and companions ' sakes , 9 I will now say , Peace ( be ) within
thee . Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good ; not only
pray for it , but do what I can to promote it . REFLECTION , W E are taught from
this ...
For my brethren and companions ' sakes , 9 I will now say , Peace ( be ) within
thee . Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good ; not only
pray for it , but do what I can to promote it . REFLECTION , W E are taught from
this ...
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Page 211 - Therefore take unto you now seven bullocks and seven rams, and go to my servant Job, and offer up for yourselves a burnt offering; and my servant Job shall pray for you. For Him will I accept; lest I deal with you after your folly, in that ye have not spoken of me the thing which is right, like my servant Job.
Page 245 - The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer ; My God, my strength, in whom I will trust ; My buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
Page 43 - They which builded on the wall, and they that bare burdens, with those that laded, every one with one of his hands wrought in the work, and with the other hand held a weapon.
Page 82 - Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. For if thou altogether boldest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this...
Page 300 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 370 - For He established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: That the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born; who should arise and declare them to their children: That they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments...
Page 219 - Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Page 34 - And it came to pass, when I heard these words, that I sat down and wept, and mourned certain days, and fasted, and prayed before the God of heaven...
Page 415 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 45 - Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children : and, lo, we bring into bondage our sons and our daughters to be servants, and some of our daughters are brought into bondage already : neither is it in our power to redeem them ; for other men have our lands and vineyards.
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| Title | A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Volume 4 Volume 4 of A SHORT AND PLAIN EXPOSITION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT, JOB ORTON A Short and Plain Exposition of the Old Testament: With Devotional and Practical Reflections, for the Use of Families, Robert Gentleman |
| Authors | Job Orton, Robert Gentleman |
| Editor | Robert Gentleman |
| Publisher | S. Etheridge, 1805 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 12 Jun 2007 |
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