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... action of damages against his neighbour for twenty thousand pounds , and by the verdict of an honest jury , is awarded one farthing , justly exposes himself by the loftiness of his preten- sions , to the ridicule of the court . We are ...
... action of damages against his neighbour for twenty thousand pounds , and by the verdict of an honest jury , is awarded one farthing , justly exposes himself by the loftiness of his preten- sions , to the ridicule of the court . We are ...
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... actions be ing dictated by the highest wisdom , and therefore a rule for the direction of our derived and subordinate understandings . It is true , all the actions recorded in Scripture as authorized by God , cannot be instí- 17.
... actions be ing dictated by the highest wisdom , and therefore a rule for the direction of our derived and subordinate understandings . It is true , all the actions recorded in Scripture as authorized by God , cannot be instí- 17.
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... actions are not imitable by us , that none are imitable . This were a rash conclusion , and would go far to strip the Bible of its authority . On the contrary , it is our duty to discriminate ; to separate those actions which are ...
... actions are not imitable by us , that none are imitable . This were a rash conclusion , and would go far to strip the Bible of its authority . On the contrary , it is our duty to discriminate ; to separate those actions which are ...
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... actions , to reject his ex- ample as in all cases unsuitable . In the particular in- stance of the Canaanites referred to by Mr Marshall , that ground , as we have shewn , is clear and obvious ; since to take away life without an ...
... actions , to reject his ex- ample as in all cases unsuitable . In the particular in- stance of the Canaanites referred to by Mr Marshall , that ground , as we have shewn , is clear and obvious ; since to take away life without an ...
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... actions are recorded as an example to rulers ? No magistrate who consults the Bible , will ever imagine that religious matters are ex- cluded from his province . This notion must have been imbibed from some very different source . " To ...
... actions are recorded as an example to rulers ? No magistrate who consults the Bible , will ever imagine that religious matters are ex- cluded from his province . This notion must have been imbibed from some very different source . " To ...
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Page 149 - And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee : for in My wrath I smote thee, but in My favour have I had mercy on thee.
Page 149 - The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall bring presents: the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts. Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve him.
Page 148 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 130 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 96 - And they taught in Judah, and had the book of the law of the LORD with them, and went about throughout all the cities of Judah, and taught the people.
Page 149 - Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings : and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy SAVIOUR and thy Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
Page 148 - Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed, saying, Let us break their bands asunder and cast away their cords from us.
Page 130 - God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong; and the base things of the world, and the things that are despised, did God choose, yea and the things that are not, that he might bring to nought the things that are: that no flesh should glory before God.
Page 31 - Israel for a possession : and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people ; as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people : because ye trespassed against me among the children of Israel...
Page 149 - And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, And their queens thy nursing mothers: They shall bow down to thee with their face toward the earth, And lick up the dust of thy feet ; And thou shalt know that I am the Lord: For they shall not be ashamed that wait for me.