Contemplations on the historical passages of the Old and New Testaments, with intr. memoir by C. Wordsworth |
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... Rehoboam 2. Jeroboam BOOK XVIII . 3. The Seduced Prophet 4. Jeroboam's Wife 5. Asa 6. Elijah with the Sareptan 7. Elijah with the Baalites ... ... 264 267 270 273 276 279 283 8. Elijah Running before Ahab , Fleeing from Jezebel 287 BOOK ...
... Rehoboam 2. Jeroboam BOOK XVIII . 3. The Seduced Prophet 4. Jeroboam's Wife 5. Asa 6. Elijah with the Sareptan 7. Elijah with the Baalites ... ... 264 267 270 273 276 279 283 8. Elijah Running before Ahab , Fleeing from Jezebel 287 BOOK ...
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... REHOBOAM . WHO would not but have looked , that seven hundred wives , and three hundred con- cubines , should have furnished Solomon's palace with choice of heirs , and have peo- pled Israel with royal issue ? and now , be- hold ...
... REHOBOAM . WHO would not but have looked , that seven hundred wives , and three hundred con- cubines , should have furnished Solomon's palace with choice of heirs , and have peo- pled Israel with royal issue ? and now , be- hold ...
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... Rehoboam wanted spirits , he had first , after Solomon's example , done justice to his father's traitor , and then have treated of mercy towards his subjects ; the people soon found the weakness of their new sovereign , else they durst ...
... Rehoboam wanted spirits , he had first , after Solomon's example , done justice to his father's traitor , and then have treated of mercy towards his subjects ; the people soon found the weakness of their new sovereign , else they durst ...
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... Rehoboam grudge us , if he think much to give us good words for a kingdom ? " There is not more wisdom in taking variety of advice , where the matter is doubtful , than folly when it is plain . The young heads are consulted ; this very ...
... Rehoboam grudge us , if he think much to give us good words for a kingdom ? " There is not more wisdom in taking variety of advice , where the matter is doubtful , than folly when it is plain . The young heads are consulted ; this very ...
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... Rehoboam to betake himself to his cha- riot : he saw those stones were thrown at him in his Adoram . As the messenger suf- fers for the master , so the master suffers in his messenger . Had Rehoboam been in Adoram's clothes , this death ...
... Rehoboam to betake himself to his cha- riot : he saw those stones were thrown at him in his Adoram . As the messenger suf- fers for the master , so the master suffers in his messenger . Had Rehoboam been in Adoram's clothes , this death ...
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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.