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TN the close of the last book , we left David in the heighth of honour and I
happiness ; his countrỳ flourishing , his armies successful , and his enemies at
his feet . But the heighths of fortune and felicity are VOL . III . . not not here the
securest ...
TN the close of the last book , we left David in the heighth of honour and I
happiness ; his countrỳ flourishing , his armies successful , and his enemies at
his feet . But the heighths of fortune and felicity are VOL . III . . not not here the
securest ...
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The season of warfare returned ; the Ammonites were the enemies ; and
indignities , personal to David , were to be vindicated ; decency and dignity more
naturally referred them to the chastisement of others . Joab therefore , and all
Ifrael with ...
The season of warfare returned ; the Ammonites were the enemies ; and
indignities , personal to David , were to be vindicated ; decency and dignity more
naturally referred them to the chastisement of others . Joab therefore , and all
Ifrael with ...
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... the army , added a relation of the late unlucky skirmish , in the following
manner ; That as they were carrying on their approaches to the city , the enemy
fallied upon them , and repulsed them to a considerable distance : but were soon
beaten ...
... the army , added a relation of the late unlucky skirmish , in the following
manner ; That as they were carrying on their approaches to the city , the enemy
fallied upon them , and repulsed them to a considerable distance : but were soon
beaten ...
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And therefore it was , that Yoab apprehended , he Thould be upbraided , for
suffering his men to come within the reach of the enemies arrows from the wall ,
with the example of Abimelech ' s fate , who fell , as Pyrrhus did , ( and , what is
pretty ...
And therefore it was , that Yoab apprehended , he Thould be upbraided , for
suffering his men to come within the reach of the enemies arrows from the wall ,
with the example of Abimelech ' s fate , who fell , as Pyrrhus did , ( and , what is
pretty ...
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Howbeit , because by this deed thou bast given great occahon to the enemies of
the Lord to blafpheme , the child also * , that is born unto thee , Shall surely die .
THERE is something unspeakably gracious in this sudden sentence of pardon ...
Howbeit , because by this deed thou bast given great occahon to the enemies of
the Lord to blafpheme , the child also * , that is born unto thee , Shall surely die .
THERE is something unspeakably gracious in this sudden sentence of pardon ...
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Page 304 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 26 - When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Page 22 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter. And...
Page 125 - Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 102 - They also that sought after my life laid snares for me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth.
Page 22 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 41 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 9 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Page 169 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away.
Page 305 - Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
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| Title | An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions, in which ... Mr. Bayle's Criticisms Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 3 An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions, in which ... Mr. Bayle's Criticisms Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Patrick Delany |
| Author | Patrick Delany |
| Publisher | J. Osborn, 1742 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 22 May 2007 |
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