The Hebrew martyrs: or, The triumph of principle |
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... a fearful accumulation of miseries . The capital was besieged and laid waste ; the princes and nobles were carried into captivity ; whilst pestilence and famine stalked through the land . Nothing THE HEBREW MARTYRS . 9.
... a fearful accumulation of miseries . The capital was besieged and laid waste ; the princes and nobles were carried into captivity ; whilst pestilence and famine stalked through the land . Nothing THE HEBREW MARTYRS . 9.
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... princes and the guest of kings . " How ( said he ) doth the city sit solitary , that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations , and princess among the provinces , how is she become ...
... princes and the guest of kings . " How ( said he ) doth the city sit solitary , that was full of people ! how is she become as a widow ! she that was great among the nations , and princess among the provinces , how is she become ...
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... princes of Judah a noble band , whose faithful testimony for God secured for them renown greater than that of the proudest conqueror returning with the spoils of victory . To a few pious young men was delegated the honour of asserting ...
... princes of Judah a noble band , whose faithful testimony for God secured for them renown greater than that of the proudest conqueror returning with the spoils of victory . To a few pious young men was delegated the honour of asserting ...
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... princes mentioned in the first chapters , are within the reach of all who have a heart to know wisdom , and who , conscious of their deep necessities , come in faith " to ask it of God , who giveth liberally and upbraideth not . " Let ...
... princes mentioned in the first chapters , are within the reach of all who have a heart to know wisdom , and who , conscious of their deep necessities , come in faith " to ask it of God , who giveth liberally and upbraideth not . " Let ...
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... princes , that " God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom . " They attended to the counsels of the preacher : " My son , if thou wilt receive my words , and hide my commandments with thee ; so that thou incline thine ...
... princes , that " God gave them knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom . " They attended to the counsels of the preacher : " My son , if thou wilt receive my words , and hide my commandments with thee ; so that thou incline thine ...
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Page 10 - ... she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary...
Page 56 - Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
Page 48 - Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was wont to be heated. 20 And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace.
Page 56 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 59 - Therefore I make a decree, ^That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill : because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.
Page 33 - Memory and her siren daughters ; but by devout prayer to that Eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim with the hallowed fire of his altar to touch and purify the lips of whom He pleases.
Page 43 - Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up ? Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of music...
Page 11 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 37 - And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul : for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.
Page 26 - Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, And liftest up thy voice for understanding; If thou seekest her as silver, And searches! for her as for hid treasures; Then shall thou understand the fear of the LORD, And find the knowledge of God.