SermonsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eye stedfastly on the countenance of Hazael ; and discerning , by a pro- phetic spirit , his future tyranny and cruelty , he could not contain himself from ...
... respect . During the conference which they held together , Elisha fixed his eye stedfastly on the countenance of Hazael ; and discerning , by a pro- phetic spirit , his future tyranny and cruelty , he could not contain himself from ...
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... respect to their own character , a notorious partiality too generally misleads their judgment . But it is remarkable , that no sinner ever avows directly to himself , that he has been guilty of gross and downright iniquity . Even when ...
... respect to their own character , a notorious partiality too generally misleads their judgment . But it is remarkable , that no sinner ever avows directly to himself , that he has been guilty of gross and downright iniquity . Even when ...
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... respect which is paid to the great , and the scope which their condition affords for the indulgence of pleasure , are perilous circumstances to virtue . When men live among their equals , and are accustomed to encounter the hardships of ...
... respect which is paid to the great , and the scope which their condition affords for the indulgence of pleasure , are perilous circumstances to virtue . When men live among their equals , and are accustomed to encounter the hardships of ...
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... life is obviously intended to be a state of probation and trial . No trial of characters is requisite with * Prov . xxx . 8 , 9 . respect to God , who sees what is in every 50 ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . [ SERM . XXVII .
... life is obviously intended to be a state of probation and trial . No trial of characters is requisite with * Prov . xxx . 8 , 9 . respect to God , who sees what is in every 50 ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . [ SERM . XXVII .
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Hugh Blair. respect to God , who sees what is in every heart , and perfectly knows what part each man would act , in all the possible situations of fortune . But on account of men themselves , and of the world around them , it was ...
Hugh Blair. respect to God , who sees what is in every heart , and perfectly knows what part each man would act , in all the possible situations of fortune . But on account of men themselves , and of the world around them , it was ...
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Page 96 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 410 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 251 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 219 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 411 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 434 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 79 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 435 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 37 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 438 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.