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... LORD'S TEACHING By Rev. JAMES ROBERTSON , D.D. , Whittingehame . In Preparation . OUTLINES OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE By Rev. J. DODDS , D.D. , Corstorphine . CHURCH , MINISTRY , AND SACRAMENTS By Rev. NORMAN MACLEOD , D.D. , Inverness ...
... LORD'S TEACHING By Rev. JAMES ROBERTSON , D.D. , Whittingehame . In Preparation . OUTLINES OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE By Rev. J. DODDS , D.D. , Corstorphine . CHURCH , MINISTRY , AND SACRAMENTS By Rev. NORMAN MACLEOD , D.D. , Inverness ...
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... portions of Old Testament history , and the main facts in the life of our Lord and the preaching of the Apostles , " besides many more about the Divine benefits and judgments , by which he endeavoured to turn 2 THE ENGLISH BIBLE.
... portions of Old Testament history , and the main facts in the life of our Lord and the preaching of the Apostles , " besides many more about the Divine benefits and judgments , by which he endeavoured to turn 2 THE ENGLISH BIBLE.
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... Lord's Prayer into Anglo - Saxon for the use of the less educated priests ; while the last work on which he was engaged was a translation of the Gospel of St. John . Of the completion of this work his disciple Cuthbert has given so ...
... Lord's Prayer into Anglo - Saxon for the use of the less educated priests ; while the last work on which he was engaged was a translation of the Gospel of St. John . Of the completion of this work his disciple Cuthbert has given so ...
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... Lord spake these words to Moses , and thus said : I am the Lord thy God . I led thee out of the land of the Egyptians and of their bondage . I. Love thou not other strange gods above me . 2. Utter thou not my name idly , for thou shalt ...
... Lord spake these words to Moses , and thus said : I am the Lord thy God . I led thee out of the land of the Egyptians and of their bondage . I. Love thou not other strange gods above me . 2. Utter thou not my name idly , for thou shalt ...
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... Lord hath given thee , that thou mayest be the longer living on earth . 5. Slay thou not . 6. Commit thou not adultery . 7. Steal thou not . 8. Say thou not false - witness . 9. Covet thou not thy neighbour's goods unjustly . 10. Make ...
... Lord hath given thee , that thou mayest be the longer living on earth . 5. Slay thou not . 6. Commit thou not adultery . 7. Steal thou not . 8. Say thou not false - witness . 9. Covet thou not thy neighbour's goods unjustly . 10. Make ...
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Page 129 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 34 - 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. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Page 86 - And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.
Page 12 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over.
Page 34 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. 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 45 - I call God to record against the day we shall appear before our Lord Jesus, to give a reckoning of our doings, that I never altered one syllable of God's word against my conscience, nor would this day, if all that is in the earth, whether it be pleasure, honour, or riches, might be given me.
Page 95 - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. 6 So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Page 117 - Truly, good Christian Reader, we never thought from the beginning that we should need to make a new translation, nor yet to make of a bad one a good one...
Page 71 - It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows : for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
Page 47 - Of the translation itself, though since that time it has been many times revised and altered, we may say that it is substantially the Bible with which we are all familiar. The peculiar genius . — if such a word may be permitted — which breathes through it, the mingled tenderness and majesty, the Saxon simplicity, the preternatural...