Sacred History, Selected from the Scriptures: With Annotations and Reflections, Particularly Calculated to Facilitate the Study of the Holy Scriptures in Schools and Families, Volume 1Mrs. Trimmer (Sarah) J. Johnson, 1810 - Bible |
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... respect to nations and individuals and to form a proper estimate of the re- wards of piety and righteousness held out by Chris- tianity , when contrasted with the imperfect notions entertained on these important subjects by the most en ...
... respect to nations and individuals and to form a proper estimate of the re- wards of piety and righteousness held out by Chris- tianity , when contrasted with the imperfect notions entertained on these important subjects by the most en ...
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... that they alone unfold the councils of Divine wisdom in respect to NATIONS : and explain for what causes GOD inflicts national judgments , and on what conditions Y conditions He averts them - particulars which it is PREFACE . ix.
... that they alone unfold the councils of Divine wisdom in respect to NATIONS : and explain for what causes GOD inflicts national judgments , and on what conditions Y conditions He averts them - particulars which it is PREFACE . ix.
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... respects is certainly that part of Scripture with which Christians are prin cipally concerned ; but this cannot be understood without the OLD TESTAMENT . The first three chap- ters of Genesis contain the basis of all revealed reli- gion ...
... respects is certainly that part of Scripture with which Christians are prin cipally concerned ; but this cannot be understood without the OLD TESTAMENT . The first three chap- ters of Genesis contain the basis of all revealed reli- gion ...
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... respect to his Di- vine Nature , GOD has plainly revealed in Scripture that it includes Three persons , the FATHER , the SON , and the HOLY GHOST , and that these three are ONE GOD ; that the FATHER is invisible , that the SoN is the ...
... respect to his Di- vine Nature , GOD has plainly revealed in Scripture that it includes Three persons , the FATHER , the SON , and the HOLY GHOST , and that these three are ONE GOD ; that the FATHER is invisible , that the SoN is the ...
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... respects the works of nature and Providence , is indisputably good ; and much happiness may be enjoyed in it : the great privilege of dominion still continues with the human race , and gives them decided advantages over creatures vastly ...
... respects the works of nature and Providence , is indisputably good ; and much happiness may be enjoyed in it : the great privilege of dominion still continues with the human race , and gives them decided advantages over creatures vastly ...
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Abimelech Abram Adam ALMIGHTY Amorites Angels ANNOTATIONS AND REFLECTIONS appears beast Beer-sheba behold blessing brethren brother brought Cain called camels cattle Chap children of Israel commanded covenant creatures daughters earth Egyptians Esau everlasting evil faith father favour fear flocks fowl Genesis give God's hand Haran heart heaven holy honour human hundred Image Isaac Ishmael Israelites Jacob Joseph kind king Laban Lamech land of Canaan land of Egypt land of Goshen lived LORD said unto mankind mercy mind Moses Moses and Aaron Nahor nations nature Noah pass patriarch Pharaoh pray thee raoh Rebekah righteous sacrifice Sarah Sarai Scripture SECTION sent shalt thou shew Sodom and Gomorrah sons sons of Noah spake unto suppose thine thing thou hast thou shalt thy seed thy servants took tree unto Abraham unto Moses unto the LORD unto thee waters wicked wife woman
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Page 281 - Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
Page 258 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day, the Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads...
Page 334 - And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle.
Page 93 - And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Page 121 - And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering : so they went both of them together.
Page 121 - And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon Ike wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son. And the angel of the Lord called unto him out of heaven, and said, Abraham, Abraham ; and he said, Here am I.
Page 345 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground : and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand, and on their left.
Page 281 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 282 - And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name?
Page 259 - JUDAH, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise : Thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies ; Thy father's children shall bow down before thee. Judah is a lion's whelp : From the prey, my son, thou art gone up : He stooped down, he couched as a lion, And as an old lion ; who shall rouse him up ? The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, Nor a lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come ; And unto him shall the gathering of the people be.