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... seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb 155 160 165 His inmost ...
... seek to bring forth good , Our labour must be to pervert that end , And out of good still to find means of evil ; Which oft - times may succeed , so as perhaps Shall grieve him , if I fail not , and disturb 155 160 165 His inmost ...
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... seek their prey on earth , durst fix Their seats long after next the seat of God , Their altars by his altar , Gods adored Among the nations round , and durst abide Jehovah thund'ring out of Sion , throned Between the Cherubim ; yea ...
... seek their prey on earth , durst fix Their seats long after next the seat of God , Their altars by his altar , Gods adored Among the nations round , and durst abide Jehovah thund'ring out of Sion , throned Between the Cherubim ; yea ...
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... seek 480 Their wandering gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled that sin in Bethel and in Dan , 485 ...
... seek 480 Their wandering gods disguised in brutish forms Rather than human . Nor did Israel ' scape The infection , when their borrow'd gold composed The calf in Oreb ; and the rebel king Doubled that sin in Bethel and in Dan , 485 ...
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... seek Our own good from ourselves , and from our own Live to ourselves , though in this vast recess , Free , and to none accountable , preferring 255 Hard liberty before the easy yoke Of servile pomp . Our greatness will appear Then most ...
... seek Our own good from ourselves , and from our own Live to ourselves , though in this vast recess , Free , and to none accountable , preferring 255 Hard liberty before the easy yoke Of servile pomp . Our greatness will appear Then most ...
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... seek Deliv'rance for us all . This enterprise None shall partake with me . Thus saying rose The Monarch , and prevented all reply , Prudent , lest from his resolution raised , Others among the chief might offer now ( Certain to be ...
... seek Deliv'rance for us all . This enterprise None shall partake with me . Thus saying rose The Monarch , and prevented all reply , Prudent , lest from his resolution raised , Others among the chief might offer now ( Certain to be ...
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