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... leads us to hope that they did accept it . We trust that , although driven out of the earthly paradise , they sought and found that new and better inheritance which Christ purchased for them , and were restored once more to their ...
... leads us to hope that they did accept it . We trust that , although driven out of the earthly paradise , they sought and found that new and better inheritance which Christ purchased for them , and were restored once more to their ...
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... hours . It lies like lead upon the soul . We are told that Cain " went out from the presence of the Lord . " This means that he departed from God's worship and service . He forsook his parents . He threw off even the 14 CAIN AND ABEL .
... hours . It lies like lead upon the soul . We are told that Cain " went out from the presence of the Lord . " This means that he departed from God's worship and service . He forsook his parents . He threw off even the 14 CAIN AND ABEL .
Page 39
... lead others , or even to train the recruits , yet may he not fight and bleed for his sovereign ? May he not enlist as many soldiers as he can find ? so the Gospel calls you to fight the good fight of faith , to recruit the ranks of ...
... lead others , or even to train the recruits , yet may he not fight and bleed for his sovereign ? May he not enlist as many soldiers as he can find ? so the Gospel calls you to fight the good fight of faith , to recruit the ranks of ...
Page 40
... lead others into the same happy path , in which you yourself are walking . Lastly , think of Noah's safety in the hour of danger . All were perishing around him ; but he was secure . And there is a way of safety provided for us . Are we ...
... lead others into the same happy path , in which you yourself are walking . Lastly , think of Noah's safety in the hour of danger . All were perishing around him ; but he was secure . And there is a way of safety provided for us . Are we ...
Page 45
... moment's hesitation , he takes his darling son , and leads him as a lamb to the slaughter . And it is only at the very instant , as his hand is lifted up to slay him , that a welcome voice is heard from heaven , saying ABRAHAM . 45.
... moment's hesitation , he takes his darling son , and leads him as a lamb to the slaughter . And it is only at the very instant , as his hand is lifted up to slay him , that a welcome voice is heard from heaven , saying ABRAHAM . 45.
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Abraham Adam affliction Ahab Amalek Babylon Balaam Belshazzar blessing bold brethren brother brought Cain called Canaan child Christ danger Daniel David death desire earnest earth Egypt Elijah Elisha enemies Enoch Esau evil eyes faith father favour fear feel felt friends give God's grace Haman hand happy heard heart heaven heavenly Hezekiah holy honour Hophni and Phinehas humble idolatry Isaac Israel Israelites Jacob Jerusalem Jesus Jonah Joshua Judah King kingdom knew land lived look Lord Lord's Manasseh mercy midst Moab Moses Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah never Nineveh Noah offer once Orpah pardon passed path peace Pharaoh Philistines plainly prayer promised Prophet prosperity repentance sacrifice Samuel Saul Saviour says servant servant of God sinner sins Solomon soon sorrow soul spared spirit tell thee things Timnath told trial true trust unto walk whilst wicked words wrath Zarephath
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Page 46 - Behold the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 39 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
Page 25 - And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Page 209 - And when he was in affliction, he besought the Lord his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, and prayed unto him: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication, and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom. Then Manasseh knew that the Lord he was God.
Page 69 - Job ; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.
Page 256 - 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 200 - Be strong and courageous, be not afraid nor dismayed for the king of Assyria, nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there be more with us than with him : with him is an arm of flesh ; but with us is the Lord our God to help us, and to fight our battles.
Page 199 - And in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law, and in the commandments, to seek his God, he did it with all his heart, and prospered.
Page 194 - Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow; which came up in a night, and perished in a night: and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand; and also much cattle?
Page 193 - And he prayed unto the Lord and said, "I pray thee, O Lord, was not this my saying when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish; for I knew that thou art a gracious God and merciful, slow to anger and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil.