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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee , but practise these duties : bind them as
ornaments about thy neck ; write them upon the table of thine heart ; keep them in
4 perpetual remembrance : So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in ...
Let not mercy and truth forsake thee , but practise these duties : bind them as
ornaments about thy neck ; write them upon the table of thine heart ; keep them in
4 perpetual remembrance : So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in ...
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Surely he scorneth the scorners , will expose them to scorn and contempt : but he
giveth grace unto the lowly , that is , favour with himself and with 35 men . The
wise shall inherit glory , though they may be dissatis : fied for a while : but shame
...
Surely he scorneth the scorners , will expose them to scorn and contempt : but he
giveth grace unto the lowly , that is , favour with himself and with 35 men . The
wise shall inherit glory , though they may be dissatis : fied for a while : but shame
...
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... another ' s souls , and take so little pains to warn , admonish , and encourage
one another ; especially since so much is to be said in favour of religion , and we
may hope for the concurrence of divine grace in our pious attempts to promote it .
... another ' s souls , and take so little pains to warn , admonish , and encourage
one another ; especially since so much is to be said in favour of religion , and we
may hope for the concurrence of divine grace in our pious attempts to promote it .
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... at the posts of my doors ; earnestly desiring to become my 35 disciple , and
improving all opportunities to get knowledge . For whoso findeth me findeth life ,
that which will make life pleasant 36 to him , and he shall obtain favour of the
Lord .
... at the posts of my doors ; earnestly desiring to become my 35 disciple , and
improving all opportunities to get knowledge . For whoso findeth me findeth life ,
that which will make life pleasant 36 to him , and he shall obtain favour of the
Lord .
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The wise in heart will receive commandments ; estremit a privilege and a favour
to be taughi : but a prating fool shall fall ; one who loves to icar himself talk shall
fall into troubles and be undene . 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely ; he
is ...
The wise in heart will receive commandments ; estremit a privilege and a favour
to be taughi : but a prating fool shall fall ; one who loves to icar himself talk shall
fall into troubles and be undene . 9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely ; he
is ...
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Page 268 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 109 - It was but a little that I passed from them, But I found him whom my soul loveth : I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.
Page 128 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 121 - AND in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel : only let us be called by thy name, to take away our reproach.
Page 213 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with the span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance?
Page 270 - Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he hath glorified thee.
Page 188 - Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men...
Page 253 - For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth ; So have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Page 246 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you: who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass; And forgettest the Lord thy maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, as if he were ready to destroy?
Page 109 - For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
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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 5 Volume 5 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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