The Works of the Reverend Richard Sibbs ...: To which is Prefixed, a Short Memoir of the Author's Life. ...J. Chalmers & Company, 1809 |
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... better fee it in the glass of comparison , which we can- not fo directly conceive of , as we may fee the fun in the water , whofe beams we cannot fo directly look upon . Only our care muft be , not to look fo much on the colours as on ...
... better fee it in the glass of comparison , which we can- not fo directly conceive of , as we may fee the fun in the water , whofe beams we cannot fo directly look upon . Only our care muft be , not to look fo much on the colours as on ...
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... better and more confe- quent , that the laft verfe of the former chapter were added to the beginning of this . Cant . iv . 16.- " Awake , O north wind , and come , thou fouth , blow upon my garden , that the fpices thereof may flow out ...
... better and more confe- quent , that the laft verfe of the former chapter were added to the beginning of this . Cant . iv . 16.- " Awake , O north wind , and come , thou fouth , blow upon my garden , that the fpices thereof may flow out ...
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... better in Babylon than in Judea : it is to be feared God may complain of us as he doth of his people , Jer . ii . 2.1 . " I have planted thee a noble vine , how art thou then come to be degenerated ? " If in this case we regard iniquity ...
... better in Babylon than in Judea : it is to be feared God may complain of us as he doth of his people , Jer . ii . 2.1 . " I have planted thee a noble vine , how art thou then come to be degenerated ? " If in this case we regard iniquity ...
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... better for him . The whole body is the better for every good member , as we fee in Onefimus , Philem . x . The meanest perfons , when they become good , are ufeful and profitable ; of briers , become flowers : the very naming of a good ...
... better for him . The whole body is the better for every good member , as we fee in Onefimus , Philem . x . The meanest perfons , when they become good , are ufeful and profitable ; of briers , become flowers : the very naming of a good ...
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... better , labour to be clean- fed from that which is offenfive to him ; let the spring be clean . Therefore the pfalmift , defiring that the words of his mouth and the meditations of his heart might be acceptable before God , first begs ...
... better , labour to be clean- fed from that which is offenfive to him ; let the spring be clean . Therefore the pfalmift , defiring that the words of his mouth and the meditations of his heart might be acceptable before God , first begs ...
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Page 79 - I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.
Page 172 - The watchmen that went about the city found me, They smote me, they wounded me; The keepers of the walls took away my veil from me.
Page 342 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 38 - I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: Eat, O friends; Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Page 191 - What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest among women? What is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?
Page 342 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 156 - I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone. My soul failed when he spake: I sought him, but I could not find him ; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
Page 210 - My beloved is white and ruddy, The chiefest among ten thousand. His head is as the most fine gold, His locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Page 2 - Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.
Page 149 - My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him.