The Works of the Right Reverend Joseph Hall: Contemplations upon the principal passages in the holy story Book XVIII to XXIUniversity Press, 1863 |
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... charge was theirs , whosesoever was the labour . The diet of so endless a retinue , the attendance of his seraglio , the purveyance for his forty thousand stables , the cost of his sacrifices , must needs weigh heavy . " Certainly ; if ...
... charge was theirs , whosesoever was the labour . The diet of so endless a retinue , the attendance of his seraglio , the purveyance for his forty thousand stables , the cost of his sacrifices , must needs weigh heavy . " Certainly ; if ...
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... charge of God against the making of images , against the erecting of any rival altars to that of Jerusalem ; yet now that he sees both these may avail much to the advancing of his ambitious project he sets up those images , those altars ...
... charge of God against the making of images , against the erecting of any rival altars to that of Jerusalem ; yet now that he sees both these may avail much to the advancing of his ambitious project he sets up those images , those altars ...
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... charged him , Eat no bread , nor drink water , nor turn again by the same way that thou camest . It is not for a prophet to plead human or carnal grounds for the actions of his function : he may not move but upon a divine warrant ...
... charged him , Eat no bread , nor drink water , nor turn again by the same way that thou camest . It is not for a prophet to plead human or carnal grounds for the actions of his function : he may not move but upon a divine warrant ...
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... charge when we go on God's errand . A denial doth but invite the importunate . What he cannot do by entreaty , the old man tries to do by persuasion ; I am a prophet also as thou art , and an angel spake to me by the word of the Lord ...
... charge when we go on God's errand . A denial doth but invite the importunate . What he cannot do by entreaty , the old man tries to do by persuasion ; I am a prophet also as thou art , and an angel spake to me by the word of the Lord ...
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... charge of a God is mortal . No pretences can warrant the transgression of a divine command . A word from God is pleaded on both sides ; the one was re- ceived immediately from God , the other related mediately by man ; one the prophet ...
... charge of a God is mortal . No pretences can warrant the transgression of a divine command . A word from God is pleaded on both sides ; the one was re- ceived immediately from God , the other related mediately by man ; one the prophet ...
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Page 58 - I have been very jealous for the Lord God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.
Page 273 - 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 547 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Page 27 - Him that dieth of Jeroboam in the city shall the dogs eat; and him that dieth in the field shall the fowls of the air eat: for the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 362 - When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was, (but the servants which drew the water knew,) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, 10 And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse : but thou has kept the good wine until now.
Page 643 - And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? What is it which these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
Page 35 - And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, "As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
Page 647 - They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
Page 38 - And she said, as the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oil in a cruse: and behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 186 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.