The Holy Bible Explained; Or, The Old and New Testament Digested and Illustrated, by Way of Question and Answer: In which the Principal Controverted Points are Considered, and the Connection of Sacred and Prophane History Preserved |
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... kingdom , and David is anointed by Samuel in his stead . Davidkills Goliah . Saul endeavors to destroy David , who flies , and is pursued . Saul consults the witch of Endor , and sees the ghost of Samuel . The defeat and death of Saul ...
... kingdom , and David is anointed by Samuel in his stead . Davidkills Goliah . Saul endeavors to destroy David , who flies , and is pursued . Saul consults the witch of Endor , and sees the ghost of Samuel . The defeat and death of Saul ...
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... kingdom destroyed . Jotham reigns in Judah . CHAP . XXI . Page 252 Ahaz succeeds him . His idolatry and wars . Hezekiah and his piety . His wars with the Assyrians , and miraculous deliverance . Of Manasseh , his cruelty , impicty ...
... kingdom destroyed . Jotham reigns in Judah . CHAP . XXI . Page 252 Ahaz succeeds him . His idolatry and wars . Hezekiah and his piety . His wars with the Assyrians , and miraculous deliverance . Of Manasseh , his cruelty , impicty ...
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... kingdoms and states of the world ; and by their example learn to be wise and happy . Whose courage can vie with Da- vid's in his encounter with Goliah ? whose chastity is to be compared to the continence of Joseph ? whose obedience to ...
... kingdoms and states of the world ; and by their example learn to be wise and happy . Whose courage can vie with Da- vid's in his encounter with Goliah ? whose chastity is to be compared to the continence of Joseph ? whose obedience to ...
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... kingdom ; and follow the example of those excellent and illustrious persons Mr. Nelson , Sir Matthew Hale , Mr. Addison , Sir George Lyttleton , Mr. West , our profound logician Mr. Locke , the great philosophers Lord Bacon , Mr. Boyle ...
... kingdom ; and follow the example of those excellent and illustrious persons Mr. Nelson , Sir Matthew Hale , Mr. Addison , Sir George Lyttleton , Mr. West , our profound logician Mr. Locke , the great philosophers Lord Bacon , Mr. Boyle ...
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... kingdom , and the centre of their unity : the tower also was probably intended as a grand mark , the sight of which would direct such of them , as were obliged to go abroad in that vast plain , their way to return . This being con ...
... kingdom , and the centre of their unity : the tower also was probably intended as a grand mark , the sight of which would direct such of them , as were obliged to go abroad in that vast plain , their way to return . This being con ...
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Aaron Abraham afterwards Ahab Ahaziah altar Ammonites Amorites angel Antiochus apostles appointed army Babylon blessed brother brought called Canaan Capernaum Christ commanded daugh David death declared delivered descended destroy disciples divine Edom Egypt Egyptians enemies Esau faith father favour feast Galilee gave give God's gospel heathen heaven Herod high-priest holy honour idolatry Israel Israelites Jacob Jehoshaphat Jeroboam Jerusalem Jesus Jewish Jews Joab Jordan Joshua Judah Judas Judea killed king kingdom land lived Lord manner ment Messiah miracles Moab Moabites Moses mount nations occasion offered ordered passover person Peter Pharaoh Pharisees Philistines preach priests prince promise prophet punish Rehoboam reign Roman sacrifice Samaria Saul Saviour scripture sent shew slew Solomon sons soon Syria tabernacle temple thence ther thereof things throne tion took tribe tribe of Judah unto wife worship
Popular passages
Page 66 - Come near now, and kiss me, my son. 27 And he came near, and kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said, See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the LORD hath blessed...
Page 415 - When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were shut where the disciples were, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace be unto you.
Page 269 - ... he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the Wild asses ; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven, till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it Whomsoever he will.
Page 409 - And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on Him, saying, If Thou be CHRIST, save Thyself and us. But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear GOD, seeing thou art in the same condemnation ? And we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of our deeds : but This Man hath done nothing amiss.
Page 391 - But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Page 373 - When a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her: then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 28 - And the Lord God said unto the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field: upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life...
Page 277 - And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour...
Page 157 - And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. •"l will not drive them out from before thee in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the beasts of the field multiply against thee. '°By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.
Page 66 - Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee : be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee : cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.