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... unto the death . ” xxii . 4. The Apofle does not mean any particular fort of death , but death in general : the Definite Article there . fore is improperly used . It ought to be unto death , with- out any Article : agreeably to the ...
... unto the death . ” xxii . 4. The Apofle does not mean any particular fort of death , but death in general : the Definite Article there . fore is improperly used . It ought to be unto death , with- out any Article : agreeably to the ...
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... unto him . » Hobbes , Elements of Law , Part I. Chap . v . 12. It should rather be , to man , " in general , These remarks may ferve to show the great importance a man to be a frequent intercourfe ; and enter into a ftill clofer union ...
... unto him . » Hobbes , Elements of Law , Part I. Chap . v . 12. It should rather be , to man , " in general , These remarks may ferve to show the great importance a man to be a frequent intercourfe ; and enter into a ftill clofer union ...
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... unto God their neceffities , and they their own requefts , for relief in every of them . " Hooker , v . 39. " The corruptions and de- pravations to which every of these was subje & . » Swift , tefts and Diffenfions . We now commonly fay ...
... unto God their neceffities , and they their own requefts , for relief in every of them . " Hooker , v . 39. " The corruptions and de- pravations to which every of these was subje & . » Swift , tefts and Diffenfions . We now commonly fay ...
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... unto Eli , and faid , Here am I , for thou calledft me . again , Samuel . And Samuel arofe and went to Eli , and faid , And the Lord called yet Here am I , for thou didst call me . " 1 Sam . iii . 4-6 . - 66 threatens ( 1 ) . But this ...
... unto Eli , and faid , Here am I , for thou calledft me . again , Samuel . And Samuel arofe and went to Eli , and faid , And the Lord called yet Here am I , for thou didst call me . " 1 Sam . iii . 4-6 . - 66 threatens ( 1 ) . But this ...
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... unto him , Mat . v . I. " who is fet on the right hand , " - " and is fet down at the right hand of the throne of God ; Heb . viii . 1. & xii . 2 . ( fee alfo Mat . xxvii . 19. Luke , xxii . 55. John , xxiii . 12. Rev. iii . 21. ) Set ...
... unto him , Mat . v . I. " who is fet on the right hand , " - " and is fet down at the right hand of the throne of God ; Heb . viii . 1. & xii . 2 . ( fee alfo Mat . xxvii . 19. Luke , xxii . 55. John , xxiii . 12. Rev. iii . 21. ) Set ...
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Page 26 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 174 - John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water : but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose : he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire...
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Page 174 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: And think not to say within yourselves. We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 174 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins ; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 117 - Did Hezekiah king of Judah and all Judah put him at all to death ? did he not fear the LORD, and besought the LORD, and the LORD repented him of the evil which he had pronounced against them ? Thus might we procure great evil against our souls.
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