The Genius and Design of the Domestic Constitution, with Its Untransferable Obligations and Peculiar Advantages |
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... live long enough to see his prophecy of blessing also fulfilled , though he died before Abraham was born . As for Shem , on whom the blessing was pronounced , he shall live to enjoy it ; and so the gradual abbreviation of human ...
... live long enough to see his prophecy of blessing also fulfilled , though he died before Abraham was born . As for Shem , on whom the blessing was pronounced , he shall live to enjoy it ; and so the gradual abbreviation of human ...
Page 29
... live and pass through the same course . Long too as the period may seem , from the creation to the time of Moses , all difficulty as to the mind of God , on any subject , being distinctly known , and cer- tainly handed down , will ...
... live and pass through the same course . Long too as the period may seem , from the creation to the time of Moses , all difficulty as to the mind of God , on any subject , being distinctly known , and cer- tainly handed down , will ...
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... live long before Moses , and was confessedly altogether out of the usual line of scripture characters . * Thus it appears , not only that parental and filial duty had been the common law of man , before the decalogue was given on Sinai ...
... live long before Moses , and was confessedly altogether out of the usual line of scripture characters . * Thus it appears , not only that parental and filial duty had been the common law of man , before the decalogue was given on Sinai ...
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... lives , or at least the principal interruption of their domestic comfort . Far from ex- aggeration , this may be precisely true ; but is there not a cause ? Let us for a moment only observe the substance of these complaints . Do these ...
... lives , or at least the principal interruption of their domestic comfort . Far from ex- aggeration , this may be precisely true ; but is there not a cause ? Let us for a moment only observe the substance of these complaints . Do these ...
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... live with your inferior , as you would wish your superior to live with you . ” The size of the establishment is here no apology ; for the task , far from being insuperable , is , in the end , its own reward , and brings along with it ...
... live with your inferior , as you would wish your superior to live with you . ” The size of the establishment is here no apology ; for the task , far from being insuperable , is , in the end , its own reward , and brings along with it ...
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Abraham affection Almighty apostles authority Balaam blessing called Canaan character chil child Children Christ Christian Christian Parent church Cleopas command connexion conscience daily daugh death delightful descend disposition divine Doeg the Edomite Domestic Constitution dren duty dwell Egypt eminent evil faith Father favour hand hath hear heart heaven Hobab honour human idolatry important influence instruction interest Israel Jehovah Jesus Jews Jonadab Judea Kenites king labour live master ment mercy Messiah mind moral Moses Mother mother of Jesus nation nature neglect never nexion obedience obligation observe once peculiar posterity prayer principles proof prophet racter reader reason Rechab Rechabites reference regard remarkable sacred Saviour Scripture seems servant shew sins Sir William Jones soul spirit surely tender thee ther thine things thou shalt tion truth unto whole wife wisdom word