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Page 474
And Rachel said , ' God hath judged me , and hath heard my voice , and hath
given me a son . ' " I Then , when Leah saw that she had * Genesis XVI : 9.
Genesis XVII : 20. Genesis XXX : 6 . left off bearing children , she took Zilpah , her
474 1 .
And Rachel said , ' God hath judged me , and hath heard my voice , and hath
given me a son . ' " I Then , when Leah saw that she had * Genesis XVI : 9.
Genesis XVII : 20. Genesis XXX : 6 . left off bearing children , she took Zilpah , her
474 1 .
Page 475
left off bearing children , she took Zilpah , her maid , and gave her to Jacob to
wife ; and the sacred writer adds : " And God hearkened unto Leah , and she
conceived and bear unto Jacob a fifth son . And Leah said : God hath given me
my hire ...
left off bearing children , she took Zilpah , her maid , and gave her to Jacob to
wife ; and the sacred writer adds : " And God hearkened unto Leah , and she
conceived and bear unto Jacob a fifth son . And Leah said : God hath given me
my hire ...
Page 476
... except in the matter of Uriah's wife , he must have done that which was right in
the eyes of the Lord when he took Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives ; hence a
plurality of wives , as David practiced it , must be right in the sight of God .
... except in the matter of Uriah's wife , he must have done that which was right in
the eyes of the Lord when he took Abigail and Ahinoam to be his wives ; hence a
plurality of wives , as David practiced it , must be right in the sight of God .
Page 503
On this basis the Plymouth colony was started , and through its influence the
Puritan churches throughout New England , gradually took on the Independent
Congregational form of government . Very few of the churches had specific
creeds .
On this basis the Plymouth colony was started , and through its influence the
Puritan churches throughout New England , gradually took on the Independent
Congregational form of government . Very few of the churches had specific
creeds .
Page 510
This and other instruction at home largely took , in William's case , the place of
school education from which he was debarred by his weak physical condition . In
his , youth he was very precocious in certain lines of study . Chief among these ...
This and other instruction at home largely took , in William's case , the place of
school education from which he was debarred by his weak physical condition . In
his , youth he was very precocious in certain lines of study . Chief among these ...
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Page 498 - And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? "For the living to the dead? To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
Page 763 - There is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness; the Maker and Preserver of all things both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead, there be three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.
Page 716 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock : and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth : and when he rose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear : and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 678 - I go to prepare a place for you, that where I am, there ye may be also.
Page 760 - Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for he shall not speak of himself ; but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come.
Page 480 - If brethren dwell together, and one of them die, and have no child, the wife of the dead shall not marry without unto a stranger: her husband's brother shall go in unto her, and take her to him to wife, and perform the duty of an husband's brother unto her.
Page 497 - There shall not be found among you any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, or that useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits, or a wizard, or a necromancer.
Page 756 - Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Page 763 - And the Catholic Faith is this, that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity ; Neither confounding the Persons nor dividing the Substance.
Page 826 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him; and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honor. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet...