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... divine command given to our first parents ; the malice of the tempting spirit , and his appearance under the form of a serpent ; the fall of Adam and Eve , fatal to all their posterity ; the first man justly punished in all his children ...
... divine command given to our first parents ; the malice of the tempting spirit , and his appearance under the form of a serpent ; the fall of Adam and Eve , fatal to all their posterity ; the first man justly punished in all his children ...
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... divine providence are disclosed . We see before all things the innocence and wisdom of young Joseph , ever an enemy to vice , and careful to reprove it in his brethren ; his mysterious and prophetical dreams ; his brethren jealous , and ...
... divine providence are disclosed . We see before all things the innocence and wisdom of young Joseph , ever an enemy to vice , and careful to reprove it in his brethren ; his mysterious and prophetical dreams ; his brethren jealous , and ...
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... divine honours from that peo- 2699 . ple . The ungrateful Israelites fall again into servi- tude . Jabin , king of Canaan , subjects them ; but Deborah the prophetess , who judged the people , and Barak , the son of Abinoam , defeat ...
... divine honours from that peo- 2699 . ple . The ungrateful Israelites fall again into servi- tude . Jabin , king of Canaan , subjects them ; but Deborah the prophetess , who judged the people , and Barak , the son of Abinoam , defeat ...
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... divine omnipotence ! a man , in 2070 short , after God's own heart , as he himself terms him , and who , by his penitence , made his very crime turn to his creator's glory . To this pious warrior succeed- ed his son , the wise , the ...
... divine omnipotence ! a man , in 2070 short , after God's own heart , as he himself terms him , and who , by his penitence , made his very crime turn to his creator's glory . To this pious warrior succeed- ed his son , the wise , the ...
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... more remote , and the divine 634. simplicity of scripture . Behold now dreadful scenes $ 120 . in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel ! Jezebel , by Je- A. C. bu's order , thrown headlong from the top 23 AN UNIVERSAL HISTORY .
... more remote , and the divine 634. simplicity of scripture . Behold now dreadful scenes $ 120 . in the kingdoms of Judah and Israel ! Jezebel , by Je- A. C. bu's order , thrown headlong from the top 23 AN UNIVERSAL HISTORY .
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Page 272 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble are called. But God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and God hath 'chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 225 - 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 226 - For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief; even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy. For God hath concluded them all in unbelief, that he might have mercy upon all.
Page 224 - For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead?
Page 241 - For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 267 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 225 - For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
Page 226 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 239 - Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes ; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.
Page 161 - And of all my sons, (for the Lord hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the Lord over Israel.