Observations on Various Passages of Scripture: Placing Them in a New Light; and Ascertaining the Meaning of Several, Not Determinable by the Methods Commonly Made Use of by the Learned, Volume 3J. Johnson, 1808 - Bible |
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... ( speaking of the ancient Jewish feasts of mourning , mentioned Jer . xvi . 6 , 7 , and elsewhere , ) by a custom derived from the Jews ; and I have been many times present at them , among the Armenians in Persia . The 7th verse speaks of ...
... ( speaking of the ancient Jewish feasts of mourning , mentioned Jer . xvi . 6 , 7 , and elsewhere , ) by a custom derived from the Jews ; and I have been many times present at them , among the Armenians in Persia . The 7th verse speaks of ...
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... speaking of the singing in a funeral procession , that went by his house , he says , " There was an Arabian mer- chant on a visit to us , when the funeral went by ; and though in company with strangers , he was not ashamed to run to the ...
... speaking of the singing in a funeral procession , that went by his house , he says , " There was an Arabian mer- chant on a visit to us , when the funeral went by ; and though in company with strangers , he was not ashamed to run to the ...
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... could be shown from other places , the passage in St. Matthew would by no means prove it , It should have been Ecclesiastes . for it is evident that our LORD is speaking of 32 Of honouring the Dead . Mourners at Funerals.
... could be shown from other places , the passage in St. Matthew would by no means prove it , It should have been Ecclesiastes . for it is evident that our LORD is speaking of 32 Of honouring the Dead . Mourners at Funerals.
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... speaking of the diversions of children - their imitating the transactions of maturer life , not of their seri- ous employments . What mourners at a funeral would these children have been , who , when their companions began the ...
... speaking of the diversions of children - their imitating the transactions of maturer life , not of their seri- ous employments . What mourners at a funeral would these children have been , who , when their companions began the ...
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... speak ; and hear O earth , the words of my mouth ! Deut . xxxii . 1. Examples of this kind might be multiplied to any amount : but in- dependently of these references , the Lamenta- tion itself , which is now published for the first ...
... speak ; and hear O earth , the words of my mouth ! Deut . xxxii . 1. Examples of this kind might be multiplied to any amount : but in- dependently of these references , the Lamenta- tion itself , which is now published for the first ...
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Page 109 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 231 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 447 - And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine that they might drink.
Page 93 - Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Page 509 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not ; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert; and be healed.
Page 59 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 243 - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 567 - And the Lord spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood ; and that there may be blood throughout the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.
Page 37 - Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come : and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
Page 82 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.