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... proud or vain , who know From whence they come , and whither doom'd to go ? Or can they ought that's mean , when God has fet A Jewel in their earthly Cabinet ? A Soul , of heavenly Seed , of Angel - kind , And marry'd Matter with ...
... proud or vain , who know From whence they come , and whither doom'd to go ? Or can they ought that's mean , when God has fet A Jewel in their earthly Cabinet ? A Soul , of heavenly Seed , of Angel - kind , And marry'd Matter with ...
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... proudly rife , And reassume your War against the Skies ; Kingdoms on Kingdoms pile to raise his Throne , Or waft the trembling World to reign alone : With equal Eafe can Heav'n his Pride confound , And lay his fhor : -iv'd Babel fcatter ...
... proudly rife , And reassume your War against the Skies ; Kingdoms on Kingdoms pile to raise his Throne , Or waft the trembling World to reign alone : With equal Eafe can Heav'n his Pride confound , And lay his fhor : -iv'd Babel fcatter ...
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... proud Selahs craggy Rock appears And Edoms Realms ; the coufcious Jacob fears Fears his Supplanted Brother's Arms , and fent The diftant gath'ring Mifchief to prevent : His Meffengers ungrateful Tidings bring Returning fwift -- ( Ill ...
... proud Selahs craggy Rock appears And Edoms Realms ; the coufcious Jacob fears Fears his Supplanted Brother's Arms , and fent The diftant gath'ring Mifchief to prevent : His Meffengers ungrateful Tidings bring Returning fwift -- ( Ill ...
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... Proud of his Heart , tho fhe of Princely Race : Two lovely Sons the did to Jofeph bear ; They Smile , and he forgets his former Care ; Of foregone Ills the very Trace remov'd , Great without Envy , He , and without Flatt'ry lov'd ...
... Proud of his Heart , tho fhe of Princely Race : Two lovely Sons the did to Jofeph bear ; They Smile , and he forgets his former Care ; Of foregone Ills the very Trace remov'd , Great without Envy , He , and without Flatt'ry lov'd ...
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... proud Memphis hears , And deep Revenge against the Heroe fwears ; A Price is fet on his devoted Head , To Midian's Fields the glorious Exile fled ; And , as the Sun , in Western Waves defcends , The Pilgrim too his weary Journy ends . O ...
... proud Memphis hears , And deep Revenge against the Heroe fwears ; A Price is fet on his devoted Head , To Midian's Fields the glorious Exile fled ; And , as the Sun , in Western Waves defcends , The Pilgrim too his weary Journy ends . O ...
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Page 47 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 209 - Let thine eyes be on the field that they do reap, and go thou after them: have I not charged the young men that they shall not touch thee? And when thou art athirst, go unto the vessels, and drink of that which the young men have drawn.
Page 115 - And the Lord came down upon mount Sinai, on the top of the mount: and the Lord called Moses up to the top of the mount; and Moses went up.
Page 181 - And Gideon said unto GOD, If thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said, behold I will put a fleece of wool in the floor : and if the dew • be on the fleece only, and it be dry upon all the earth beside, then shall I know that thou wilt save Israel by mine hand, as thou hast said.
Page 11 - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the Lord had respect unto Abel and to his offering: But unto Cain and to his offering he had not respect.
Page 243 - And he sent, and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to.
Page 73 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers, in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 37 - And when she had done giving him drink, she said, I will draw water for thy camels also, until they have done drinking.
Page 273 - Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.
Page 267 - Then said David, Will the men of Keilah deliver me and my men into the hand of Saul?