Contemplations upon the principal passages of the Old and New Testaments, Volume 2 |
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... carrying it from an in- sulting Pagan you shall see in Ahab , the impotent passions of greatness ; in Naboth , bleeding honesty ; in Jezebel , bloody hypo- crisy , cruel craft , plotting from hell , pretending from heaven . You shall ...
... carrying it from an in- sulting Pagan you shall see in Ahab , the impotent passions of greatness ; in Naboth , bleeding honesty ; in Jezebel , bloody hypo- crisy , cruel craft , plotting from hell , pretending from heaven . You shall ...
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... carried away captive , but the very earth whereon it stands ; and this , with how much ease ! No soldier shall need to be charged with more than a handful , to make a valley , where the mother city of Israel once stood . O vain boaster ...
... carried away captive , but the very earth whereon it stands ; and this , with how much ease ! No soldier shall need to be charged with more than a handful , to make a valley , where the mother city of Israel once stood . O vain boaster ...
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... carry it , in a council of prophets . A solid verity in one mouth , is worthy to preponderate light falsehood in a thousand . Even king Ahab , as bad as he was , kept tale of his prophets ; and could give account of one that was missing ...
... carry it , in a council of prophets . A solid verity in one mouth , is worthy to preponderate light falsehood in a thousand . Even king Ahab , as bad as he was , kept tale of his prophets ; and could give account of one that was missing ...
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... carry it , behold Zedekiah more bold , more zealous . If Micaiah have given him , with his fellows , the lie , he gives Micaiah the fist . Before these two great guardians of peace and justice , swagger . VOL . II . ing Zedekiah smites ...
... carry it , behold Zedekiah more bold , more zealous . If Micaiah have given him , with his fellows , the lie , he gives Micaiah the fist . Before these two great guardians of peace and justice , swagger . VOL . II . ing Zedekiah smites ...
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... carry him back to Amon the governor of the city , and to Joash the king's son ; and say , Thus saith the king , Put this fellow in prison , and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of af- fiction , until I come in peace . A ...
... carry him back to Amon the governor of the city , and to Joash the king's son ; and say , Thus saith the king , Put this fellow in prison , and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of af- fiction , until I come in peace . A ...
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Ahab Ahasuerus Ahaz Ahaziah Almighty angels Athaliah Behold Benhadad betwixt Blessed blood body canst cast Christ command cure dead death devils didst thou disciples Divine dost thou doth earth Elijah Elisha enemy evil eyes faith Father favour fear feast fetch flesh Gehazi give glorious glory God's grace gracious hadst Haman hand happy hath Hazael hear heart heaven Herod Hezekiah holy honour idolatry Israelite Jehoram Jehoshaphat Jehu Jerusalem Jesus Jews Joash Judah knew Lazarus leprosy less look Lord Manasseh marvel Master mercy miracle miserable Mordecai Moses mouth Naboth needs never offended Pharisee priests princes prophet saith Samaria Satan Saviour Sennacherib servant shame shew sinners sins sorrow soul spirit sure Syrian temple thee thine things thou art thou didst thou hast thou wert thou wouldst thought thyself tion tongue unto wherein wicked wonder word worthy Zaccheus