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... better than in devotion : David is no sooner settled in his house at Jerusalem , than he fetcheth God to be his guest there ; the thousands of Israel go now , in a holy march , to bring up the ark of God to the place of his rest . The ...
... better than in devotion : David is no sooner settled in his house at Jerusalem , than he fetcheth God to be his guest there ; the thousands of Israel go now , in a holy march , to bring up the ark of God to the place of his rest . The ...
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... better to be too fearful , than too forward , in those affairs which do immediately concern 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 ...
... better to be too fearful , than too forward , in those affairs which do immediately concern 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 ...
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... better than me , ( saith our Saviour , ) is not worthy of me . " Even the highest delights of our hearts must be trampled upon , when they will stand out in rivality with God . Oh happy resolution of the royal prophet , and prophetical ...
... better than me , ( saith our Saviour , ) is not worthy of me . " Even the highest delights of our hearts must be trampled upon , when they will stand out in rivality with God . Oh happy resolution of the royal prophet , and prophetical ...
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... better than a dead lion . There is dignity and comfort in life ; Mephibosheth is there- fore a dead dog unto David . It is not for us to nourish the same spirits in our adverse estate , that we found in our highest prosperity . What use ...
... better than a dead lion . There is dignity and comfort in life ; Mephibosheth is there- fore a dead dog unto David . It is not for us to nourish the same spirits in our adverse estate , that we found in our highest prosperity . What use ...
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... better is a slanderer . Honest Mephibosheth , in good manners , made a dead dog of himself , when David offered him the favour of his board ; but Ziba would make him a very dog indeed , an ill - natured cur , that when David did thus ...
... better is a slanderer . Honest Mephibosheth , in good manners , made a dead dog of himself , when David offered him the favour of his board ; but Ziba would make him a very dog indeed , an ill - natured cur , that when David did thus ...
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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.