Select Pieces in Verse and Prose, Volume 2G. Davidson, 1816 - 617 pages |
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Page 297
... Israelites in the wilderness , was not exactly the crime in which they most offended . In truth , we read but of two occasions during a sojourn in the desert of forty years , in which they stand convicted of this sin ; once before Mount ...
... Israelites in the wilderness , was not exactly the crime in which they most offended . In truth , we read but of two occasions during a sojourn in the desert of forty years , in which they stand convicted of this sin ; once before Mount ...
Page 298
... Israelites in defiance of present miracles . Where Mr. Gib- bon and the Reviewer learnt , that the reference to those miracles when past , preserved the Jews from the same of- fence , it is for them to inform us ; certainly not from the ...
... Israelites in defiance of present miracles . Where Mr. Gib- bon and the Reviewer learnt , that the reference to those miracles when past , preserved the Jews from the same of- fence , it is for them to inform us ; certainly not from the ...
Page 299
... Israelites were punished by one prodigy and cured by another ; these therefore as to their impression can count only for one ; and some were probably displayed only to a small portion of the people . So that supposing them to have been ...
... Israelites were punished by one prodigy and cured by another ; these therefore as to their impression can count only for one ; and some were probably displayed only to a small portion of the people . So that supposing them to have been ...
Page 300
... Israelites as with us ; that knowledge , faith , and consolation , were the fruits of humble but active inquiry ; that , in their days as in ours , they who in simplicity of heart sought the Lord , discovered and adored him ; while ...
... Israelites as with us ; that knowledge , faith , and consolation , were the fruits of humble but active inquiry ; that , in their days as in ours , they who in simplicity of heart sought the Lord , discovered and adored him ; while ...
Page 382
... Israelites refused to march into the land of Canaan . Such was " the holy enthusiasm of young David , ” when he fought and slew the champion of the Philistines . Such was the pious humility of Heze- kiah when he committed to God the ...
... Israelites refused to march into the land of Canaan . Such was " the holy enthusiasm of young David , ” when he fought and slew the champion of the Philistines . Such was the pious humility of Heze- kiah when he committed to God the ...
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Page 474 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 274 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 432 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 410 - He that is of God heareth God's words. Ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God.
Page 432 - ... that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation, in the knowledge of him; the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints...
Page 468 - Christ ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works,
Page 411 - But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning, who they were that believed not, and who should betray him.
Page 537 - I shall do so ; But I must also feel it as a man : I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me.
Page 482 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 396 - O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.