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When they were come to Jerusalem , the princes inform Ezra of great abuses
both among friests and people , by marrying heathen , idolatrous wives , contrary
to the lawy , which Ezra bewails in prayer to God , and reforms . . CHAP . I . . . In
this ...
When they were come to Jerusalem , the princes inform Ezra of great abuses
both among friests and people , by marrying heathen , idolatrous wives , contrary
to the lawy , which Ezra bewails in prayer to God , and reforms . . CHAP . I . . . In
this ...
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O LORD , I beseech thee , let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy
servant , and to the prayer of thy servants , who desire to fear thy name : and
prosper , I pray thee , thy servant this day , and grant him mercy in the sight of this
man .
O LORD , I beseech thee , let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy
servant , and to the prayer of thy servants , who desire to fear thy name : and
prosper , I pray thee , thy servant this day , and grant him mercy in the sight of this
man .
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His law runs thus , Is any man afflicted ? let him pray . ... God often brings his
people into affliction that he may engago them to pray . ... God brought these
dangers on them to rouse their attention , and to promote and quicken their
prayers .
His law runs thus , Is any man afflicted ? let him pray . ... God often brings his
people into affliction that he may engago them to pray . ... God brought these
dangers on them to rouse their attention , and to promote and quicken their
prayers .
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That we may justly and reasonably pray for the removal of any affliction which we
labour under . One end for which afflictions are sent , is to quicken our prayers , to
convince us of our dependence on God , and show us the vanity and ...
That we may justly and reasonably pray for the removal of any affliction which we
labour under . One end for which afflictions are sent , is to quicken our prayers , to
convince us of our dependence on God , and show us the vanity and ...
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We should especially pray against presumptuous sins ; lest we sin wil . fully
against the law of God ; in which case we are ... their ear from hearing , that is ,
obeying God ' s words , will find that he will turn away his ear from hearing their
prayer .
We should especially pray against presumptuous sins ; lest we sin wil . fully
against the law of God ; in which case we are ... their ear from hearing , that is ,
obeying God ' s words , will find that he will turn away his ear from hearing their
prayer .
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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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