A paraphrase upon the hard texts of the whole divine scriptureUniversity Press, 1863 |
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... hath God said , Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? " ] - Now the serpent was by nature more subtle than any beast of the field which God had made ; and therefore the fitter to be employed as an instrument of Satan to betray ...
... hath God said , Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden ? " ] - Now the serpent was by nature more subtle than any beast of the field which God had made ; and therefore the fitter to be employed as an instrument of Satan to betray ...
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... hath deceived me , and changed my wages ten times , " & c . ] - But your father hath deceived me , and changed my wages agreed upon very often ; but God hath so ordered it , that his changes have been no loss to my estate . IO . 10 ...
... hath deceived me , and changed my wages ten times , " & c . ] - But your father hath deceived me , and changed my wages agreed upon very often ; but God hath so ordered it , that his changes have been no loss to my estate . IO . 10 ...
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... hath this match been hitherto so prosperous , that I dare ad- venture my third son ; yet will I put her in hope ... hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us . " ] - See , he hath taken in this Hebrew to offer this villany and ...
... hath this match been hitherto so prosperous , that I dare ad- venture my third son ; yet will I put her in hope ... hath brought in an Hebrew unto us to mock us . " ] - See , he hath taken in this Hebrew to offer this villany and ...
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... hath made me a father to Pharaoh . " ] - God hath made me not only a counsellor of state to Pharaoh , but a means of preservation of his court and kingdom , & c . 12. " That it is my mouth that speaketh unto you . " ] — You see and ...
... hath made me a father to Pharaoh . " ] - God hath made me not only a counsellor of state to Pharaoh , but a means of preservation of his court and kingdom , & c . 12. " That it is my mouth that speaketh unto you . " ] — You see and ...
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... hath he thrown into the sea . " ] - The troops of horses and their riders hath he overthrown in the sea . 2. " He is my God , and I will prepare him an habitation . ” ] — I foresee , by that spirit of prophecy which he hath given me ...
... hath he thrown into the sea . " ] - The troops of horses and their riders hath he overthrown in the sea . 2. " He is my God , and I will prepare him an habitation . ” ] — I foresee , by that spirit of prophecy which he hath given me ...
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abominable affliction Ammonites amongst angels Assyrian Babylon beasts behold betwixt blessed blood bring brought captivity cast cause Chaldeans Chemosh children of Israel Church comfort covenant creatures daughter death doth dwell earth Edom Egypt enemies evil eyes father fear fire flesh fruit give glorious glory God's gracious hand hath heart heaven Heshbon holy idolatry iniquity Jerusalem Judah Judea judgment king king of Babylon kingdom land Lebanon LORD hath Medes mercy midst mighty Moab mountains mouth nations Nebuchadnezzar offer Pharaoh Philistines priest princes prophets righteous sacrifice saith the Lord Samaria seed servant shalt thou sins sorrow soul spirit sure sword Syria tabernacle temple thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself tree tribe of Ephraim unto thee utterly verse waters wherein wherewith wicked wickedness wilt wisdom wise wont word yourselves Zedekiah Zion
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Page 327 - Go, and tell this people, HEAR ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 582 - And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed; and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
Page 598 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself; and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 390 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, And will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, And give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; To open the blind eyes, To bring out the prisoners from the prison, And them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 37 - Lay not thine hand upon the lad, neither do thou any thing unto him : for now I know that thou fearest God, seeing thou hast not withheld thy son, thine only son from me.
Page 64 - And they saw the God of Israel : and there was under his feet, as it were, a paved work of a sapphire stone, and as it were the body of heaven in his clearness.
Page 4 - And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 12 - And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day : and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.
Page 3 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Page 2 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.