Contemplations on the historical passages of the Old and New Testaments, with intr. memoir by C. Wordsworth |
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... Philistines ' land , lest they should shrink at the sight of war , now leads them through the wilderness , and fears not to try their patience with bitter potions . If he had not loved them , the Egyptian furnace , or sword , had ...
... Philistines ' land , lest they should shrink at the sight of war , now leads them through the wilderness , and fears not to try their patience with bitter potions . If he had not loved them , the Egyptian furnace , or sword , had ...
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... Philistines over- comes that champion , which was given to overcome the Philistines . Even he that was dieted with water , found heat of unfit desires . As his body was strong , notwith- standing that fare , so were his passions ...
... Philistines over- comes that champion , which was given to overcome the Philistines . Even he that was dieted with water , found heat of unfit desires . As his body was strong , notwith- standing that fare , so were his passions ...
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... Philistines ? Shall our deliverance from the Philistines begin in an alliance ? Have we been so scrupulously careful that he should eat no unclean thing , and shall we now consent to a heathenish match ? Now , therefore , they gravely ...
... Philistines ? Shall our deliverance from the Philistines begin in an alliance ? Have we been so scrupulously careful that he should eat no unclean thing , and shall we now consent to a heathenish match ? Now , therefore , they gravely ...
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... Philistines , if we can say , My soul hath been among lions . Come forth now , thou weak Christian , and behold this pre- paratory battle of Samson . Dost thou now think God deals hardly with thee , in matching thee so hard , and ...
... Philistines , if we can say , My soul hath been among lions . Come forth now , thou weak Christian , and behold this pre- paratory battle of Samson . Dost thou now think God deals hardly with thee , in matching thee so hard , and ...
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... Philistines , he , whom before the lion found alone , is now accom- panied with thirty attendants : they called them companions , but they meant them for spies . The courtesies of the world are hollow and thankless ; neither doth it ...
... Philistines , he , whom before the lion found alone , is now accom- panied with thirty attendants : they called them companions , but they meant them for spies . The courtesies of the world are hollow and thankless ; neither doth it ...
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Page 226 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 395 - 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 395 - The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Page 338 - Who is on my side? who?" And there looked out to him two or three eunuchs. And he said, "Throw her down." So they threw her down: and some of her blood was sprinkled on the wall, and on the horses : and he trode her under foot.
Page 467 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 264 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 287 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let it be known this day that thou art God in Israel, and that I am thy servant, and that I have done all these things at thy word. Hear me, O Lord, hear me, that this people may know that thou art the Lord God, and that thou hast turned their heart back again.
Page 370 - But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah ? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war : for God commanded me to make haste : forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not.
Page 330 - Then they said one to another, We do not well : this day is a day of good tidings, and we hold our peace...
Page 349 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.