Lectures, Expository and Practical, on the Book of EstherT. & T. Clark, 1859 - 322 pages |
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... Divine word , and its application to the people to whom it was originally addressed . This is indispensable ; because , whatever other purpose the Old Testament Scriptures were designed to answer , they were certainly intended to ...
... Divine word , and its application to the people to whom it was originally addressed . This is indispensable ; because , whatever other purpose the Old Testament Scriptures were designed to answer , they were certainly intended to ...
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... Divine word in order , so that plan was adhered to in the delivery of the following series of discourses . The charge may be brought against the adoption of this method , that it leads to a repetition 4 PREFACE . of the same truths in ...
... Divine word in order , so that plan was adhered to in the delivery of the following series of discourses . The charge may be brought against the adoption of this method , that it leads to a repetition 4 PREFACE . of the same truths in ...
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... Divine word , and its application to the people to whom it was originally addressed . This is indispensable ; because , whatever other purpose the Old Testament Scriptures were designed to answer , they were certainly intended to ...
... Divine word , and its application to the people to whom it was originally addressed . This is indispensable ; because , whatever other purpose the Old Testament Scriptures were designed to answer , they were certainly intended to ...
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... divine and historian possessed remarkably the gift of rendering every subject he handled so precious , as at least to discourage any one from at- tempting to follow in his track . In his lectures upon the Book of Esther , he has ...
... divine and historian possessed remarkably the gift of rendering every subject he handled so precious , as at least to discourage any one from at- tempting to follow in his track . In his lectures upon the Book of Esther , he has ...
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... that such objections should have been felt and stated , but some- thing rather to be rejoiced in . That we should be sure that the books which professedly contain the revelation 12 DIVINE AUTHORITY of God's will to us possess divine.
... that such objections should have been felt and stated , but some- thing rather to be rejoiced in . That we should be sure that the books which professedly contain the revelation 12 DIVINE AUTHORITY of God's will to us possess divine.
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according advancement Agagite Amalek Amalekite Artaxerxes banquet blessed Book of Esther Book of Nehemiah brought Christ Christian conduct counsellors death decree deliverance despotic destroy destruction dignity divine edict empire endeavour enemies Esther the queen eunuchs evil faith favour favourite feast feeling felt festival friends God's gospel grace gratify Hammedatha happiness Hatach heart heathen honour influence interests Jehovah Jewish king Ahasuerus king and Haman king of Persia king's gate king's provinces kingdom lecture lesson look Lord Medes ment mercy mind monarch Mordecai the Jew narrative Nebuchadnezzar notice pass passions perish Persian empire present pride princes providence provinces punishment Purim Queen Vashti reference regard religion remarks request respect royal sackcloth Scripture second place selfishness Shushan the palace sinner sorrow spirit suppose Susa things thou tion truth Vashti verses wealth whole wicked word worldly wrath Zeresh
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Page 78 - And his master saw that the Lord was with him, and that the Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand.
Page 116 - 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 55 - For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected : for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 280 - And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
Page 172 - Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
Page 248 - ... for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's 25 damage.
Page 226 - He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
Page 322 - The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh is grass, and all the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth, because the Spirit of the Lord bloweth upon it: surely the people is grass. The grass withereth, the flower fadeth; but the word of our God shall stand for ever.
Page 84 - Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
Page 82 - My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.