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... God rather dash all this solemn service , than endure an act of presumption or infidelity . Abinadab had been the faithful host of God's ark for the space of twenty ; years even in the midst of the terrors of Israel 2 : UZZAH , AND THE ...
... God rather dash all this solemn service , than endure an act of presumption or infidelity . Abinadab had been the faithful host of God's ark for the space of twenty ; years even in the midst of the terrors of Israel 2 : UZZAH , AND THE ...
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... God was committed to the cart , it was not his device only , but the common act of many ; that it was not carried on ... God's presence , he will hold them in awe with judgments . The revenging hand of the Al- mighty , that , upon the ...
... God was committed to the cart , it was not his device only , but the common act of many ; that it was not carried on ... God's presence , he will hold them in awe with judgments . The revenging hand of the Al- mighty , that , upon the ...
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... God to wink at , and pity our weaknesses ; but , if we dare to present God with the well - meant services of our own ... God's particular pro- ceedings . I do not hear David say , Surely this man is guilty of some secret sin that the ...
... God to wink at , and pity our weaknesses ; but , if we dare to present God with the well - meant services of our own ... God's particular pro- ceedings . I do not hear David say , Surely this man is guilty of some secret sin that the ...
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... God . As it is not good to refrain from holy businesses , so it is worse to do them ill ; awfulness is a safe interpreter of God's secret actions , and a wise guide of ours . This even hath holpen Obed - edom to a guest he looked not for ; ...
... God . As it is not good to refrain from holy businesses , so it is worse to do them ill ; awfulness is a safe interpreter of God's secret actions , and a wise guide of ours . This even hath holpen Obed - edom to a guest he looked not for ; ...
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... God's favours upon the godly is no small encouragement to confidence and obedience . Doubtless , Obed - edom was not free from some weak- nesses if the Lord should have taken the advantage of judgment against him , what Israelites had ...
... God's favours upon the godly is no small encouragement to confidence and obedience . Doubtless , Obed - edom was not free from some weak- nesses if the Lord should have taken the advantage of judgment against him , what Israelites had ...
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Page 36 - 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 468 - Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law : and if I perish, I perish.
Page 390 - And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers...
Page 87 - And the angel of the LORD was by the threshingplace of Araunah the Jebusite. 17 And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done ? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father's house.
Page 322 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Page 206 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 459 - And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
Page 26 - 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: Yea, if I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
Page 202 - Yet I have left me seven thousand in Israel, all the knees which have not bowed unto Baal, and every mouth which hath not kissed him.
Page 375 - 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.