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... brought before him . 29. - Behold , I have given you every herb & c . ] Here God assigns mankind their food ; and makes no mention at all of beasts , but only of plants and fruits of the earth . The allowance was expressly enlarged ...
... brought before him . 29. - Behold , I have given you every herb & c . ] Here God assigns mankind their food ; and makes no mention at all of beasts , but only of plants and fruits of the earth . The allowance was expressly enlarged ...
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... brought to light by the conduct of Providence . Sin will either discover itself , or be discovered ; if not here , at least hereafter . 11 . And now art thou cursed from the earth , ] I pass a sentence upon thee , of perpetual banish ...
... brought to light by the conduct of Providence . Sin will either discover itself , or be discovered ; if not here , at least hereafter . 11 . And now art thou cursed from the earth , ] I pass a sentence upon thee , of perpetual banish ...
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... brought into use by Cain's offspring ; though it was afterwards allowed to the Israelites , as was divorce also in some cases , " for the hardness of their hearts . " 20 he was the father ] The Hebrews call a man the " Father " of any ...
... brought into use by Cain's offspring ; though it was afterwards allowed to the Israelites , as was divorce also in some cases , " for the hardness of their hearts . " 20 he was the father ] The Hebrews call a man the " Father " of any ...
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... brought him away from the altar . 12. for now I know that thou fearest God , ] Before this , God had declared , " I know Abra- ham . " Chap . xviii . 19. But now He knew him by a new proof : and , which is the constant scripture - sense ...
... brought him away from the altar . 12. for now I know that thou fearest God , ] Before this , God had declared , " I know Abra- ham . " Chap . xviii . 19. But now He knew him by a new proof : and , which is the constant scripture - sense ...
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... brought her to him ; ] It was the custom of those times to bring the bride to her husband's bed veiled , and without lights : so that it was easier for Laban to impose on Jacob . This was a great fraud in Laban , and to Jacob a great ...
... brought her to him ; ] It was the custom of those times to bring the bride to her husband's bed veiled , and without lights : so that it was easier for Laban to impose on Jacob . This was a great fraud in Laban , and to Jacob a great ...
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Page 365 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 19 - Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly; and turning the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah into ashes, condemned them with an overthrow, making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly...
Page 378 - And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver : and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness. Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
Page 21 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son...
Page 5 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 21 - Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed when they speak with their enemies in the gate.
Page 200 - And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague.
Page 182 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found : surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
Page 96 - With all his reign and his might, and the times that went over him, and over Israel, and over all the kingdoms of the countries.
Page 32 - And he said, Certainly I will be with thee ; and this shall be a token unto thee that I have sent thee : When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.