The Theological, Philosophical and Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. William Jones ...: In Twelve Volumes : to which is Prefixed a Short Account of His Life and Writings, Volume 3F. and C. Rivington, 1801 - Theology |
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... flower , or the microscopical feathers upon the wing of a moth ; and amaze the ignorant with a grand display of superficial Literature ; which may serve excellently well for order and distinc- tion , as the titles upon the drawers in ...
... flower , or the microscopical feathers upon the wing of a moth ; and amaze the ignorant with a grand display of superficial Literature ; which may serve excellently well for order and distinc- tion , as the titles upon the drawers in ...
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... Flowers , Stars , or are otherwise " distinguished only by variety of colours , are accounted much more modern and " less noble than the other , as not being " acquired by any acts of war , or other ar- " tifices of Ruin and Destruction ...
... Flowers , Stars , or are otherwise " distinguished only by variety of colours , are accounted much more modern and " less noble than the other , as not being " acquired by any acts of war , or other ar- " tifices of Ruin and Destruction ...
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... woman is of few days and full of trouble ! He cometh forth as a flower , and is cut down : he fleeth as a shadow , and continueth not . Job xiv . 1 , 2 . It is generally easier to understand any thing in its Q 4 It ( 231 ( 231 )
... woman is of few days and full of trouble ! He cometh forth as a flower , and is cut down : he fleeth as a shadow , and continueth not . Job xiv . 1 , 2 . It is generally easier to understand any thing in its Q 4 It ( 231 ( 231 )
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... flower and a shadow . Man cometh forth as a flower . The flowers of the field rise out of the earth ; and man is also made of the dust . As the flower grows up , it is exposed to all the varieties of the weather ; to rough blasts and ...
... flower and a shadow . Man cometh forth as a flower . The flowers of the field rise out of the earth ; and man is also made of the dust . As the flower grows up , it is exposed to all the varieties of the weather ; to rough blasts and ...
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... and afflictions of riper years , man is at length cut down by death . He cometh forth like a flower , and comes to the same end : hé grows up up with a certain prospect of dying ; as the Dissertation on Life and Death . 233.
... and afflictions of riper years , man is at length cut down by death . He cometh forth like a flower , and comes to the same end : hé grows up up with a certain prospect of dying ; as the Dissertation on Life and Death . 233.
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Page 359 - But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. "Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law.
Page 143 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, of whom it was said that, "in Isaac shall thy seed be called:" accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 343 - Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
Page 124 - Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 182 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live.
Page 295 - These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them and embraced them and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.
Page 357 - THE wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; And the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice Even with joy and singing: The glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, The excellency of Carmel and Sharon, They shall see the glory of the Lord, And the excellency of our God.
Page 314 - How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?
Page 71 - And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.
Page 354 - Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.