SermonsJ.G. and F. Rivingtons, 1835 - 367 pages |
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... tion expressed by the Omnipotent against the employment of these majestic solitudes to his own honour ? Remember , brethren , the Jews were chosen out of the surrounding nations of idolaters , to be 6 MANASSEH'S PROGRESS IN SIN .
... tion expressed by the Omnipotent against the employment of these majestic solitudes to his own honour ? Remember , brethren , the Jews were chosen out of the surrounding nations of idolaters , to be 6 MANASSEH'S PROGRESS IN SIN .
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... tion may be gathered from this portion of our narrative . I infer the danger of young persons being left to themselves at too early an age . Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign . Now , although we have here the case of ...
... tion may be gathered from this portion of our narrative . I infer the danger of young persons being left to themselves at too early an age . Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign . Now , although we have here the case of ...
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... tion . The laxity of discipline in the present age is a subject of general complaint . That stern deci- sion , which marked the characters of parents , as well as of preceptors , in times past , has now given way to a system of easy ...
... tion . The laxity of discipline in the present age is a subject of general complaint . That stern deci- sion , which marked the characters of parents , as well as of preceptors , in times past , has now given way to a system of easy ...
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... tion to my hearers to study that portion of the sacred history which recounts the lives and cha- racters of the Jewish kings . It is a masterly portrait of the aberrations of the human heart ; it is a splendid elucidation of the ...
... tion to my hearers to study that portion of the sacred history which recounts the lives and cha- racters of the Jewish kings . It is a masterly portrait of the aberrations of the human heart ; it is a splendid elucidation of the ...
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... tion of the other ten , under Jeroboam their leader . The kingdom of Israel had now become extinct , after having subsisted two hundred and fifty - four years . The sins of its rulers , and the corruptions of the people , had long been ...
... tion of the other ten , under Jeroboam their leader . The kingdom of Israel had now become extinct , after having subsisted two hundred and fifty - four years . The sins of its rulers , and the corruptions of the people , had long been ...
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Page 154 - Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner.
Page 206 - But the Jews which believed not, moved with envy, took unto them certain lewd fellows of the baser sort, and gathered a company, and set all the city on an uproar, and assaulted the house of Jason, and sought to bring them out to the people, 6.
Page 341 - And many nations shall come, and say, "Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his Ways, and we will walk in his paths:" for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
Page 237 - And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.
Page 251 - And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
Page 323 - Behold, for peace I had great bitterness ; but Thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption : for Thou hast cast all my sins behind Thy back. 18. For the grave cannot praise Thee, death cannot celebrate Thee : they that go down into the pit cannot hope for Thy truth.
Page 223 - Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.
Page 177 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh ; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 185 - Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil : for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff comfort me.
Page xxvii - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.