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There is scarce any thing by which the interest of religion and the cause of God
are more injured , than by those who are professors of religion marrying into
profane and irreligious famities . There is little comfort in such relations ; and
great ...
There is scarce any thing by which the interest of religion and the cause of God
are more injured , than by those who are professors of religion marrying into
profane and irreligious famities . There is little comfort in such relations ; and
great ...
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Those who have the interest of religion at heart , will be concerned that God ' s
ministers may have a comfortable maintenance , No wonder the house of God
was forsaken , and its services poorly performed , when the provision of the
priests ...
Those who have the interest of religion at heart , will be concerned that God ' s
ministers may have a comfortable maintenance , No wonder the house of God
was forsaken , and its services poorly performed , when the provision of the
priests ...
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religion . If those who are dearest to us speak wickedly , or attempt to weaken our
regard to religion , let us faithfully reprove them , as Job did his wife , and not
suffer sin upon them . 4 . A sense of the divine goodness in the many mercies we
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religion . If those who are dearest to us speak wickedly , or attempt to weaken our
regard to religion , let us faithfully reprove them , as Job did his wife , and not
suffer sin upon them . 4 . A sense of the divine goodness in the many mercies we
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nature , providence , and religion , may be known upon earth ; thy saving health ,
or salvation , among all nations ; that thy merciis to us may draw the eyes of
others upon us , that they may know the power of our God , and the truth of his ...
nature , providence , and religion , may be known upon earth ; thy saving health ,
or salvation , among all nations ; that thy merciis to us may draw the eyes of
others upon us , that they may know the power of our God , and the truth of his ...
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only establish our liberty and prosperity , but revive thy worship and the interests
of religion ; that ihy people may rejoice in thee , 7 without any thing to damp their
fileasure ? Show us thy mercy , ☆ O Lord , and grant us thy salvation . I will hear
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only establish our liberty and prosperity , but revive thy worship and the interests
of religion ; that ihy people may rejoice in thee , 7 without any thing to damp their
fileasure ? Show us thy mercy , ☆ O Lord , and grant us thy salvation . I will hear
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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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