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... holy . Nor is there any one commandment , at the breach of which he appears more incensed . How did he menace the Israelites on this behalf . " I said unto them in the wilderness , hallow my sabbaths , and they shall be a sign between ...
... holy . Nor is there any one commandment , at the breach of which he appears more incensed . How did he menace the Israelites on this behalf . " I said unto them in the wilderness , hallow my sabbaths , and they shall be a sign between ...
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... holy day is the grand means of stamping and maintaining an impression of sacred- ness on the popular mind ; and therefore , that were this neglected , religion herself would very quickly decline , and perish from under the heavens . Yes ...
... holy day is the grand means of stamping and maintaining an impression of sacred- ness on the popular mind ; and therefore , that were this neglected , religion herself would very quickly decline , and perish from under the heavens . Yes ...
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... holy Sabbath in travelling ; what crowds assemble in places of intemperate in- dulgence or frivolous amusement ; and how many spend part of the day in adjusting some worldly business , and the residue in sloth and festivity.1 Truly ...
... holy Sabbath in travelling ; what crowds assemble in places of intemperate in- dulgence or frivolous amusement ; and how many spend part of the day in adjusting some worldly business , and the residue in sloth and festivity.1 Truly ...
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... holy and our beautiful house , where our fathers worshipped , they seek not to repair , but to demolish . " Its very existence they call its crime ; they cry , " Down with it , down with it , even to the ground ! " They break down its ...
... holy and our beautiful house , where our fathers worshipped , they seek not to repair , but to demolish . " Its very existence they call its crime ; they cry , " Down with it , down with it , even to the ground ! " They break down its ...
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... Holy Spirit ! Is not this for a lamentation ? Is it not another grievous iniquity ? 2 Thus far I have noticed some of our more flag- rant and common offences . I have not specified those of a more rare and atrocious character , such as ...
... Holy Spirit ! Is not this for a lamentation ? Is it not another grievous iniquity ? 2 Thus far I have noticed some of our more flag- rant and common offences . I have not specified those of a more rare and atrocious character , such as ...
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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?