Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped under Scripture passages, by J. Lee. subscribers' ed, Volume 3James Lee (M.A.) 1867 |
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... fall this day , Lest that their hopes prodigiously be cross'd : But on this day let seamen fear no wreck ; No bargains break that are not this day made : This day all things begun come to ill end ; Yea , faith itself to hollow falsehood ...
... fall this day , Lest that their hopes prodigiously be cross'd : But on this day let seamen fear no wreck ; No bargains break that are not this day made : This day all things begun come to ill end ; Yea , faith itself to hollow falsehood ...
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... or time of the Saviour , and it demanded all His authority to establish the op- posite principle . ( See Luke xiii . 1–5 . ) It is that into which men naturally and easily fall ; and it requires much observation , JOB , CHAP . IV . 19.
... or time of the Saviour , and it demanded all His authority to establish the op- posite principle . ( See Luke xiii . 1–5 . ) It is that into which men naturally and easily fall ; and it requires much observation , JOB , CHAP . IV . 19.
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... fall on men . A tower may fall on the righteous as well as the wicked ; an earthquake may destroy the innocent as well as the guilty ; the pestilence sweeps away the holy and the unholy , the profane and the pure , the man who fears God ...
... fall on men . A tower may fall on the righteous as well as the wicked ; an earthquake may destroy the innocent as well as the guilty ; the pestilence sweeps away the holy and the unholy , the profane and the pure , the man who fears God ...
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... fall , lose and win , according as Christ will manage his business . - Bunyan . Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number : 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth , and sendeth JOB , CHAP . V. 25.
... fall , lose and win , according as Christ will manage his business . - Bunyan . Which doeth great things and unsearchable ; marvellous things without number : 10 Who giveth rain upon the earth , and sendeth JOB , CHAP . V. 25.
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... versal History . If thou hast some beginnings that look like good , and death should over- take thee before those beginnings are ripe , thy fruit will wither , and thou wilt fall short of being gathered into God's barn . JOB , CHAP . V. 29.
... versal History . If thou hast some beginnings that look like good , and death should over- take thee before those beginnings are ripe , thy fruit will wither , and thou wilt fall short of being gathered into God's barn . JOB , CHAP . V. 29.
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Page 491 - I have no pleasure in them; while the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: in the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease, because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened...
Page 17 - The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law's delay, The insolence of office and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes, When he himself might his quietus make With a bare bodkin?
Page 8 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Page 264 - Of old hast THOU laid the foundation of the earth : And the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but THOU shalt endure : Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment ; As a vesture shalt THOU change them, and they shall be changed : But THOU art the same, And thy years shall have no end.
Page 131 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 244 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tomb-stone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 136 - In my distress I called upon the Lord, and cried unto my God: He heard my voice out of his temple, and my cry came before him, even into his ears.
Page 492 - ... or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was : and the spirit shall return unto GOD Who gave it.
Page 483 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 392 - ... which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.