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... Wisdom is the principal thing , says Solomon , in the passage where the Text lies , therefore get wisdom ; and , with all thy getting , get understanding . Exalt her , and she shall pro- mote thee ; she shall bring thee to honour , when ...
... Wisdom is the principal thing , says Solomon , in the passage where the Text lies , therefore get wisdom ; and , with all thy getting , get understanding . Exalt her , and she shall pro- mote thee ; she shall bring thee to honour , when ...
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Hugh Blair. I. the wisdom which is from above , when he is SERMON formed by piety to the duties of virtue and morality ; and of the wisdom which pro- duces this effect , it is asserted in the text , that it bringeth us to honour . • On ...
Hugh Blair. I. the wisdom which is from above , when he is SERMON formed by piety to the duties of virtue and morality ; and of the wisdom which pro- duces this effect , it is asserted in the text , that it bringeth us to honour . • On ...
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... wisdom to which Solomon ascribes , in the Text , such high preroga- tives . It is not the religion which we preach , nor the religion of Christ . That religion consists in the love of God and the love of man , grounded on faith in the ...
... wisdom to which Solomon ascribes , in the Text , such high preroga- tives . It is not the religion which we preach , nor the religion of Christ . That religion consists in the love of God and the love of man , grounded on faith in the ...
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... report , if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise * . By those means , wisdom , as the text asserts , bringeth us to honour . Philip . iv . 3 . In SERMON I. 2 IN confirmation of this doctrine it is On the true Honour of Man . II.
... report , if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise * . By those means , wisdom , as the text asserts , bringeth us to honour . Philip . iv . 3 . In SERMON I. 2 IN confirmation of this doctrine it is On the true Honour of Man . II.
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... Wisdom shall then give to his head an ornament of grace , a crown of glory shall she deliver to him . This is an honour to which all may aspire . It is a prize , for which every one , whether of high or low rank , may contend . It is ...
... Wisdom shall then give to his head an ornament of grace , a crown of glory shall she deliver to him . This is an honour to which all may aspire . It is a prize , for which every one , whether of high or low rank , may contend . It is ...
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Page 327 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Page 322 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 221 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 52 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 126 - And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 391 - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 2 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 370 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help...
Page 42 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 170 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.