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... promise made to Abraham , and Job , who was not , equally offered burnt - offerings for themselves and their families . Job offered according to the number of his children , and thus he did continually . Now , the office of priest , in ...
... promise made to Abraham , and Job , who was not , equally offered burnt - offerings for themselves and their families . Job offered according to the number of his children , and thus he did continually . Now , the office of priest , in ...
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... promise of the Messiah was either frus- trated in the death of Abel , or altogether false , he made his father the subject of his mockery . Now , who was this man Noah ? In Scripture , no ex- tenuation of his guilt in being overcome by ...
... promise of the Messiah was either frus- trated in the death of Abel , or altogether false , he made his father the subject of his mockery . Now , who was this man Noah ? In Scripture , no ex- tenuation of his guilt in being overcome by ...
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... promise , was married , Shem was yet alive , and in him he saw his posterity of the tenth generation ; even in Abraham the ninth , and Isaac the tenth , in lineal descent , he might see his pos- terity receiving the promise of the ...
... promise , was married , Shem was yet alive , and in him he saw his posterity of the tenth generation ; even in Abraham the ninth , and Isaac the tenth , in lineal descent , he might see his pos- terity receiving the promise of the ...
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... promise is meant to teach parents , that if they really desire to have the blessing of God entailed on their posterity , they must labor chiefly to implant piety . Oh , blessed indeed is that Parent who herein fears God , and herein ...
... promise is meant to teach parents , that if they really desire to have the blessing of God entailed on their posterity , they must labor chiefly to implant piety . Oh , blessed indeed is that Parent who herein fears God , and herein ...
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... promise may , and the most absolute promise must , have an appropriate and congruous channel in which to run . Down this channel , therefore , the Almighty sent his choicest favors , widening and deepening its course ; and though many ...
... promise may , and the most absolute promise must , have an appropriate and congruous channel in which to run . Down this channel , therefore , the Almighty sent his choicest favors , widening and deepening its course ; and though many ...
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Page 201 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 232 - And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Page 316 - MASTERS, give unto your servants that which is just and equal ; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
Page 52 - Mine eyes shall be upon the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfect way, he shall serve me. He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house: he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight.
Page 42 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Page 101 - The acceptance of and continuance hitherto in the office to which your suffrages have twice called me have been a uniform sacrifice of inclination to the opinion of duty and to a deference for what appeared to be your desire. I constantly hoped that it would have been much earlier in my power, consistently with motives which I was not at liberty to disregard, to return to that retirement from which I had been reluctantly drawn.
Page 397 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 161 - By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise; for he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.
Page 404 - Incline your ear, and come unto me : hear, and your soul shall live ; and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.
Page 127 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! But the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.