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... Behold the schools , in which plebeian minds , Once simple , are initiated in arts , Which some may practice with politer grace , But none with readier skill ! ' tis here they learn The road that leads from competence and peace To ...
... Behold the schools , in which plebeian minds , Once simple , are initiated in arts , Which some may practice with politer grace , But none with readier skill ! ' tis here they learn The road that leads from competence and peace To ...
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... behold joy and glad- ness , slaying of oxen and killing sheep , eating flesh and drinking wine : let us eat and drink , for to- morrow we die . And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of Hosts , surely this iniquity shall not be ...
... behold joy and glad- ness , slaying of oxen and killing sheep , eating flesh and drinking wine : let us eat and drink , for to- morrow we die . And it was revealed in mine ears by the Lord of Hosts , surely this iniquity shall not be ...
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... behold , the Lord , the Lord of hosts doth take away from us the mighty man , and the judge , and the prophet , and the prudent , and the ancient , the honourable man , and the counsellor , and the eloquent orator ; and babes rule over ...
... behold , the Lord , the Lord of hosts doth take away from us the mighty man , and the judge , and the prophet , and the prudent , and the ancient , the honourable man , and the counsellor , and the eloquent orator ; and babes rule over ...
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... Behold , the eyes of the Lord are upon the sinful kingdom , and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth . " 5 Reader , put all these solemn denunciations and the signs of the times together - namely , the revival of popery ...
... Behold , the eyes of the Lord are upon the sinful kingdom , and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth . " 5 Reader , put all these solemn denunciations and the signs of the times together - namely , the revival of popery ...
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... Behold I was shapen in iniquity , and in sin did my mother conceive me . Similar was the language of the publican in the temple , " who would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven , ( so profound was his self - abase- ment , ) but ...
... Behold I was shapen in iniquity , and in sin did my mother conceive me . Similar was the language of the publican in the temple , " who would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven , ( so profound was his self - abase- ment , ) but ...
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Page 157 - 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 206 - Then thou shalt see, and flow together, and thine heart shall fear, and be enlarged ; because the abundance of the sea shall be converted unto thee, the forces of the Gentiles shall come unto thee.
Page 32 - Take but degree away, untune that string. And hark, what discord follows! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy: the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe: Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead: Force should be right; or, rather, right and wrong, (Between whose endless jar justice resides) Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Page 167 - Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary...
Page 116 - If any man teach otherwise, and consent not to wholesome words, even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness; he is proud, knowing nothing...
Page 262 - Happy art thou, O Israel : who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency ! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Page 340 - Thou art the source and centre of all minds, Their only point of rest, eternal Word ! From thee departing they are lost, and rove At random without honour, hope, or peace. From thee is all that soothes the life of man, His high endeavour, and his glad success, His strength to suffer, and his will to serve.
Page 168 - And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; And they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: And all flesh shall know that I the Lord am thy Saviour And thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
Page 195 - Let us therefore, as many as be perfect, be thus minded: and if in any thing ye be otherwise minded, God shall reveal even this unto you. 16 Nevertheless, whereto we have already attained, let us walk by the same rule, let us mind the same thing.
Page 82 - What shall we then say to these things ? If God be for us, who can be against us ? He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?