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... evil , because he hath no refuge to fly unto . When , therefore , some sudden stitch girds me in the side , like to be the messenger of death ; or when the sword of my enemy , in an unexpected assault , threatens my body ; I will ...
... evil , because he hath no refuge to fly unto . When , therefore , some sudden stitch girds me in the side , like to be the messenger of death ; or when the sword of my enemy , in an unexpected assault , threatens my body ; I will ...
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... evil of sin , and the evil of death , which indeed himself made by desiring to know them : now we know evil well enough , and smart with knowing it . How dear hath this lesson cost us , that in some cases it is better to be ignorant ...
... evil of sin , and the evil of death , which indeed himself made by desiring to know them : now we know evil well enough , and smart with knowing it . How dear hath this lesson cost us , that in some cases it is better to be ignorant ...
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... evil . If there be an evil heart , there will be an evil eye ; and if both these , there will be an evil hand . How early did martyrdom come into the world ! The first man that died , died for religion : who dare measure God's love by ...
... evil . If there be an evil heart , there will be an evil eye ; and if both these , there will be an evil hand . How early did martyrdom come into the world ! The first man that died , died for religion : who dare measure God's love by ...
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... evil . He knew that he which owned the waters would steer him ; that he who shut him in would preserve him . How happy a thing is faith ! what a quiet safety , what an heavenly peace doth it work in the soul , in the midst of all the ...
... evil . He knew that he which owned the waters would steer him ; that he who shut him in would preserve him . How happy a thing is faith ! what a quiet safety , what an heavenly peace doth it work in the soul , in the midst of all the ...
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... evil and pre- sumptuous motions find encouragment in multitudes , and each man takes a pride in seeming forwardest : we are the cheer- fuller in good , when we have the assistance of company ; much more in sinning , by how much we are ...
... evil and pre- sumptuous motions find encouragment in multitudes , and each man takes a pride in seeming forwardest : we are the cheer- fuller in good , when we have the assistance of company ; much more in sinning , by how much we are ...
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Page 228 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 292 - I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts : because the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left ; and they seek my life to take it away.
Page 449 - For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 371 - O altar, altar, thus saith the Lord, Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.
Page 360 - In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.
Page 266 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 484 - And when it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
Page 270 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Page 330 - ... her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter and toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear : for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
Page 225 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.