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... needs blame thee for mercy ; a fault that the best and most gene- rous natures are most subject to : it is pity that so good a thing should do hurt ; yet we find that the best , misused , is most dangerous . Who should be the pattern of ...
... needs blame thee for mercy ; a fault that the best and most gene- rous natures are most subject to : it is pity that so good a thing should do hurt ; yet we find that the best , misused , is most dangerous . Who should be the pattern of ...
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... needs be affected with this disdainful halving of his hair and robes in the person of his deputies ! The name of ambassadors hath been ever sacred , and , by the uni- versal law of nations hath carried in it sufficient pro- tection from ...
... needs be affected with this disdainful halving of his hair and robes in the person of his deputies ! The name of ambassadors hath been ever sacred , and , by the uni- versal law of nations hath carried in it sufficient pro- tection from ...
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... need be careful of their de- mands : they sin by authority , that are solicited by the mighty . Had Bathsheba been mindful of her matrimonial fidelity , perhaps David had been soon checked in his inordinate desire ; her facility ...
... need be careful of their de- mands : they sin by authority , that are solicited by the mighty . Had Bathsheba been mindful of her matrimonial fidelity , perhaps David had been soon checked in his inordinate desire ; her facility ...
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... needs be attractive enough to a husband , whom long absence in wars had withheld all that while from so pleasing a bed ; neither could he think , that since that face and those breasts had power to allure himself to an unlawful lust ...
... needs be attractive enough to a husband , whom long absence in wars had withheld all that while from so pleasing a bed ; neither could he think , that since that face and those breasts had power to allure himself to an unlawful lust ...
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... needs harden Joab against the conscience of Abner's blood ! while he cannot but think , David cannot avenge that in me , which he acteth himself . Honour is pretended to poor Uriah , death is meant . This man was one of the worthies of ...
... needs harden Joab against the conscience of Abner's blood ! while he cannot but think , David cannot avenge that in me , which he acteth himself . Honour is pretended to poor Uriah , death is meant . This man was one of the worthies of ...
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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.