Contemplations upon the principal passages of the Old and New Testaments, Volume 2 |
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... 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 beneficences , in his revenges . What do I foretell all ? Methinks , I feel myself ...
... 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 beneficences , in his revenges . What do I foretell all ? Methinks , I feel myself ...
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... glory in the conquest of our lusts , than in all the bloody trophies . In vain shall Ahab boast of subduing a fo- reign enemy , while he is subdued by a domestic enemy withinhis own breast . Opportunity and convenience are guilty of ...
... glory in the conquest of our lusts , than in all the bloody trophies . In vain shall Ahab boast of subduing a fo- reign enemy , while he is subdued by a domestic enemy withinhis own breast . Opportunity and convenience are guilty of ...
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... glory of Elijah ! What mortal creature ever had this honour , to be visibly fetched by the angels of God to his heaven ? Every soul of the elect is attended and carried to bless- edness by those invisible messengers ; but what flesh and ...
... glory of Elijah ! What mortal creature ever had this honour , to be visibly fetched by the angels of God to his heaven ? Every soul of the elect is attended and carried to bless- edness by those invisible messengers ; but what flesh and ...
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... glory . Many forms have those celestial spirits taken to themselves , in their apparitions to men ; but , of all other , most often hath the Almighty made his messengers a flame of fire : never more pro- perly , than here . How had the ...
... glory . Many forms have those celestial spirits taken to themselves , in their apparitions to men ; but , of all other , most often hath the Almighty made his messengers a flame of fire : never more pro- perly , than here . How had the ...
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... glory of heaven ? How strange a choice , doth God make , of the intelligencers of so happy a change ! Four lepers sit at the entering of the gate . They see nothing but death before them : famine , within the walls ; the enemy , without ...
... glory of heaven ? How strange a choice , doth God make , of the intelligencers of so happy a change ! Four lepers sit at the entering of the gate . They see nothing but death before them : famine , within the walls ; the enemy , without ...
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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