Scripture Biography, Volume 1J.G. & F. Rivington, 1834 - 358 pages |
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... thou eatest thereof , thou shalt surely die . " We can imagine no being , however exalted , and nearer to God than ourselves , of which we can con- ceive a necessary incapability of sinning . Some exalted natures had already sinned when ...
... thou eatest thereof , thou shalt surely die . " We can imagine no being , however exalted , and nearer to God than ourselves , of which we can con- ceive a necessary incapability of sinning . Some exalted natures had already sinned when ...
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... thou art , northward , and southward , and eastward , and westward : for all the land which thou seest , to thee will I give it , and to thy seed for ever . 1 A. J. I. 7. 1 . And I will make thy seed as the dust of 58 SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY .
... thou art , northward , and southward , and eastward , and westward : for all the land which thou seest , to thee will I give it , and to thy seed for ever . 1 A. J. I. 7. 1 . And I will make thy seed as the dust of 58 SCRIPTURE BIOGRAPHY .
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... thou give me , seeing I go childless ; " and complained that after all , he should have to leave all his pro- perty , according to the custom of the times , to his favourite and confidential slave , Eliezer the Damas- cene , his house ...
... thou give me , seeing I go childless ; " and complained that after all , he should have to leave all his pro- perty , according to the custom of the times , to his favourite and confidential slave , Eliezer the Damas- cene , his house ...
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... thou fearest God , and hast not spared thine only begotten son for my sake . " At that moment Abra- ham lifted up his eyes , and saw a ram entangled with his horns in the thicket . He seized him , and offered him in the place of Isaac ...
... thou fearest God , and hast not spared thine only begotten son for my sake . " At that moment Abra- ham lifted up his eyes , and saw a ram entangled with his horns in the thicket . He seized him , and offered him in the place of Isaac ...
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... thou hast done this thing , and hast not withheld thy son , thine only son , that in blessing I will bless thee , and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars in heaven , and as the sand 1 Ch . ii . 21. Whatever metaphysical ...
... thou hast done this thing , and hast not withheld thy son , thine only son , that in blessing I will bless thee , and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars in heaven , and as the sand 1 Ch . ii . 21. Whatever metaphysical ...
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Page 341 - Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye. Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers : who have received the law by the disposition of Angels, and have not kept it.
Page 59 - Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever. And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth : so that if a man can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered. Arise, walk through the land in the length of it and in the breadth of it ; for I will give it unto thee.
Page 145 - ... behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have given thee a wise and an understanding heart, so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. "And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both riches and honour, so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 99 - And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
Page 232 - And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, that this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.
Page 297 - Art thou called being a servant '( care not for it : but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
Page 227 - And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me.
Page 218 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 229 - And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ the Son of the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou Simon Barjona, for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven, and I say also unto thee that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Page 170 - Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt sacrifice and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. And when all the people saw it they fell on their faces and they said, "The Lord, he is the God; the Lord, he is the God.