Contemplations upon the principal passages of the Old and New Testaments, Volume 2 |
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... falling through his grate ; Elijah climbing up his mount , mounting up to his glory ; fetching fire from heaven , fetched by a fiery chariot to heaven : Elisha , the heir of his mantle , of his spi rit , no less marvellous in his ...
... falling through his grate ; Elijah climbing up his mount , mounting up to his glory ; fetching fire from heaven , fetched by a fiery chariot to heaven : Elisha , the heir of his mantle , of his spi rit , no less marvellous in his ...
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... fall within the decree of their victory . Security is the bane of good success . It is no contemning of a foiled enemy . The shame of a former disgrace and miscarriage whets his valour , and sharpens it to re- venge . No power is so ...
... fall within the decree of their victory . Security is the bane of good success . It is no contemning of a foiled enemy . The shame of a former disgrace and miscarriage whets his valour , and sharpens it to re- venge . No power is so ...
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... fall in one day , by those few hands of Israel ; and a dead wall in Aphek , to whose shelter they fled , shall revenge God , upon the rest that remained . The stones in the wall shall rather turn execu → tioners , than a blasphemous ...
... fall in one day , by those few hands of Israel ; and a dead wall in Aphek , to whose shelter they fled , shall revenge God , upon the rest that remained . The stones in the wall shall rather turn execu → tioners , than a blasphemous ...
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... fall out , either with his God or his king . Conscience carries him against policy ; and he resolved not to sin , that he might be gracious . For a world , he may not give his vineyard . Those , who are themselves godless , think the ...
... fall out , either with his God or his king . Conscience carries him against policy ; and he resolved not to sin , that he might be gracious . For a world , he may not give his vineyard . Those , who are themselves godless , think the ...
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... falls from the head upon the lungs of any state , there must needs follow a deadly con sumption . Yet , perhaps , there wanted not some colour of pretence , for this proceeding . They could not but hear , that some words had passed ...
... falls from the head upon the lungs of any state , there must needs follow a deadly con sumption . Yet , perhaps , there wanted not some colour of pretence , for this proceeding . They could not but hear , that some words had passed ...
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