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... look upon me there- fore in mercy , and cause thy face to shine ! Cast a friendly ray into my darkness . " In this manner probably he prayed . And there wrestled a man with him . ' Wonderful occurrence . What terror must it have ...
... look upon me there- fore in mercy , and cause thy face to shine ! Cast a friendly ray into my darkness . " In this manner probably he prayed . And there wrestled a man with him . ' Wonderful occurrence . What terror must it have ...
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... look : Omnipotence then became the servant of truth . No one comprehended better than Abraham , Jacob's grandfather , what he possessed in Divine truth , and what he might risk and expect , when he had 28 THE WRESTLING OF JACOB .
... look : Omnipotence then became the servant of truth . No one comprehended better than Abraham , Jacob's grandfather , what he possessed in Divine truth , and what he might risk and expect , when he had 28 THE WRESTLING OF JACOB .
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... look upon it as an artifice , designed to cover his worthless- ness , and to enable him to reject , in a hypocritical man- ner , a strictly moral deportment ; and the appealing to grace is , in their eyes , little more than blaming God ...
... look upon it as an artifice , designed to cover his worthless- ness , and to enable him to reject , in a hypocritical man- ner , a strictly moral deportment ; and the appealing to grace is , in their eyes , little more than blaming God ...
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... look pretty deep into the heart of Jesus , and yet say with Paul , ' We are perplexed , but not in despair . ' ( 2 Cor . iv . 8 ) I believed , therefore have I spoken . ' ( Psalm cxvi . 10. ) ' Let me go . ' Jacob's courage was also put ...
... look pretty deep into the heart of Jesus , and yet say with Paul , ' We are perplexed , but not in despair . ' ( 2 Cor . iv . 8 ) I believed , therefore have I spoken . ' ( Psalm cxvi . 10. ) ' Let me go . ' Jacob's courage was also put ...
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... look back , much less answer her a word . He let her cry on , and walked unmercifully forward . But could his heart have been seen , it would have been evident how it melted with compassion . The disciples , highly as- tonished at the ...
... look back , much less answer her a word . He let her cry on , and walked unmercifully forward . But could his heart have been seen , it would have been evident how it melted with compassion . The disciples , highly as- tonished at the ...
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Page 273 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 176 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 31 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth;) it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Page 75 - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
Page 19 - And when he saw that he prevailed not against him, he touched the hollow of his thigh; and the hollow of Jacob's thigh was out of joint, as he wrestled with him.
Page 202 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, In the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, Let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, And thy countenance is comely.
Page 109 - And he said, thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel : for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.
Page 123 - We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?" Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Page 95 - And I will establish my covenant with thee; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord : that thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord God.
Page 73 - The Lord bless thee and keep thee, The Lord make his face to shine upon thee and be gracious unto thee, The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon thee and give thee peace ! — Num.