An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions. In which (among Other Things) Mr. Bayle's Criticisms, Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 1S. Richardson, 1759 |
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... heart . IMMEDIATELY fix other fons of Jesse were ordered to pafs in review before the prophet ; but none of thefe had the divine approbation , THE prophet , ( as we may well imagine ) fuf- ficiently embaraffed at this fufpenfe of the ...
... heart . IMMEDIATELY fix other fons of Jesse were ordered to pafs in review before the prophet ; but none of thefe had the divine approbation , THE prophet , ( as we may well imagine ) fuf- ficiently embaraffed at this fufpenfe of the ...
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... heart of a pious , an intelligent , and heroic youth . We now behold this part of the facred hiftory in more than all the dignity of at noble portrait ; in which David , bending to his prince , and laying the head of his fierceft foe at ...
... heart of a pious , an intelligent , and heroic youth . We now behold this part of the facred hiftory in more than all the dignity of at noble portrait ; in which David , bending to his prince , and laying the head of his fierceft foe at ...
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... heart of Saul could ill digeft this preference ; his refentment brought back all his black paffions into his breaft , and refitted him for the poffeffion of the evil spirit : And Saul was wroth ( fays the text ) , and the faying dif ...
... heart of Saul could ill digeft this preference ; his refentment brought back all his black paffions into his breaft , and refitted him for the poffeffion of the evil spirit : And Saul was wroth ( fays the text ) , and the faying dif ...
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... hearts of the people , the other only in the provinces . Ir were hard to paint out the diftempered ftate of Saul's mind , under the continued feries of David's fucceffes : the fight rack'd him ; but , at the fame time , he had fagacity ...
... hearts of the people , the other only in the provinces . Ir were hard to paint out the diftempered ftate of Saul's mind , under the continued feries of David's fucceffes : the fight rack'd him ; but , at the fame time , he had fagacity ...
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... heart is proof against flattery well conducted ? and what fo likely to point it right , as the profpect of the king's alliance ? And now Merab , the king's eldest daughter , is promised to him in marriage , on condition of his exert ...
... heart is proof against flattery well conducted ? and what fo likely to point it right , as the profpect of the king's alliance ? And now Merab , the king's eldest daughter , is promised to him in marriage , on condition of his exert ...
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Page 32 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 33 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 38 - And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was upon him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.
Page 144 - And he said to David, Thou art more righteous than I: for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil.
Page 66 - In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried unto my God : he heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 319 - Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.
Page 18 - Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward.
Page 185 - LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD ; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.
Page 69 - While he from high his rolling thunder throws, And fires the mountains with repeated blows : The rocks are from their old foundations rent ; The winds redouble, and the rains augment : The waves on heaps are dash'd against the shore ; And now the woods, and now the billows, roar.
Page 392 - Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name: bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.