The mothers of the Bible; or, Maternal characters exemplified from the sacred Scriptures1855 |
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Achor admonition affection afflictions apostle behold believing bereaved bitter blessed buoyancy character cherish child Christian mother circumcision circumstances comfort consider consolation death delight devotional spirit distress Divine domestic duty earth Elijah endured Ephesians Esau evil exer faith Father favoured fear feelings give glory God's gospel grace grief habit Hagar half-bound heart holiness honour hope hour husband imagine indulgence influence instruction interest Ishmael Israel Jesus Christ Judea lence lived look Lord hath Luke Mary maternal ment mercy mind mournful narratives nature ness occasion Old Testament painful parents peace peculiar perhaps prayer precepts precious present promises prophet Rebekah rejoice RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY remark remember reproach righteous sary Saviour scenes Scripture season sider sins sorrow soul spirit sufferings surely sympathy tender tender mercy thee ther things thou thought tion true truth uncon unto watch widow wife words young Zarephath
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Page 90 - For the Lord will not cast off for ever : but though He cause grief, yet will He have compassion according to the multitude of His mercies. For He doth not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men.
Page 43 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 38 - Therefore, behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak comfortably unto her. And I will give her her vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope : and she shall sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt.
Page 113 - And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience ; .and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.
Page 215 - And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 8 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Page 160 - But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child's life...
Page 85 - And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died : and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage ; and God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob, and God looked upon the children of Israel, and God had respect unto them.
Page 88 - I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
Page 85 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.