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... periods of their history , a very despised and op- pressed people . ( See an account of their treatment from the ... period of their history , Josiah , a pious king of Judah , and Hilkiah , the high priest , were destitute of an ...
... periods of their history , a very despised and op- pressed people . ( See an account of their treatment from the ... period of their history , Josiah , a pious king of Judah , and Hilkiah , the high priest , were destitute of an ...
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... periods , and there- fore could not have any intercourse with each other . David , the sweet Psalmist of Israel , wrote about 400 years after Moses ; Isaiah , about 250 years after David ; Matthew , more than 700 years after Isaiah ...
... periods , and there- fore could not have any intercourse with each other . David , the sweet Psalmist of Israel , wrote about 400 years after Moses ; Isaiah , about 250 years after David ; Matthew , more than 700 years after Isaiah ...
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... period of forty years ; a testimony op- posed to their inclinations , wrung from their convictions ; a testimony from which they have never deviated , and con- firmed to us by institutions at this moment existing among them , and which ...
... period of forty years ; a testimony op- posed to their inclinations , wrung from their convictions ; a testimony from which they have never deviated , and con- firmed to us by institutions at this moment existing among them , and which ...
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... period of several hundred years . After Babylon's first humiliation by the destruction of her idol temple , and her capture by Cyrus , efforts were made from time to time to restore her to her former gran- deur . Alexander , " the most ...
... period of several hundred years . After Babylon's first humiliation by the destruction of her idol temple , and her capture by Cyrus , efforts were made from time to time to restore her to her former gran- deur . Alexander , " the most ...
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... period , the tradition of the one true God was in a manner extinguished , and the world was generally lapsed into polytheism and idolatry . " ( Bishop Newton , on the Expediency of writing the Scriptures . ) The first chapter of the ...
... period , the tradition of the one true God was in a manner extinguished , and the world was generally lapsed into polytheism and idolatry . " ( Bishop Newton , on the Expediency of writing the Scriptures . ) The first chapter of the ...
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Page 269 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 114 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 133 - The Holy Scriptures contain all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 1 - But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear...
Page 87 - Is it not wheat harvest to-day? I will call unto the Lord, and he shall send thunder and rain; that ye may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, which ye have done in the sight of the Lord, in asking you a king.
Page 108 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me : I kill, and I make alive ; I wound and I heal ; neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 247 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Page 55 - For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish : to the one we are the savour of death unto death ; and to the other the savour of life unto life.
Page 102 - In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. 10. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.
Page 57 - Dangerous it were for the feeble brain of man to wade far into the doings of the Most High; whom although to know be life, and joy to make mention of his name; yet our soundest knowledge is, to know that we know him not as indeed he is, neither can know him ; and our safest eloquence concerning him, is our silence, when we confess without confession, that his glory is inexplicable, his greatness above our capacity and reach. He is above, and we upon earth; therefore it behoveth our words to be wary...