Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped under Scripture passages, by J. Lee. subscribers' ed, Volume 4James Lee (M.A.) 1867 |
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... fire , which hath a most vehement flame . V. 6. Love is strong as death .'- As death makes the strongest body fall to the ground , so doth the love of Christ make the most active and lively sin- ner dead to his sin ; and as death severs ...
... fire , which hath a most vehement flame . V. 6. Love is strong as death .'- As death makes the strongest body fall to the ground , so doth the love of Christ make the most active and lively sin- ner dead to his sin ; and as death severs ...
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... fire which burns up the very root of lust.-Dr. Owen . The severest judgments will not of themselves humble or change the hearts of sinners , which often grow more hardened under them , even to desperation . The imagined fire of ...
... fire which burns up the very root of lust.-Dr. Owen . The severest judgments will not of themselves humble or change the hearts of sinners , which often grow more hardened under them , even to desperation . The imagined fire of ...
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... fire , to purge away my filthiness , and make me a fit messenger to this Thy people ! -Bernard . 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord , saying , Whom shall I send , and who will go for us ? Then said I , Here am I ; send me . And he ...
... fire , to purge away my filthiness , and make me a fit messenger to this Thy people ! -Bernard . 8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord , saying , Whom shall I send , and who will go for us ? Then said I , Here am I ; send me . And he ...
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... fire : it shall devour the briers and thorns , and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest , and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke . 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened , and the people shall ...
... fire : it shall devour the briers and thorns , and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest , and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke . 19 Through the wrath of the LORD of hosts is the land darkened , and the people shall ...
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... fire . 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire , and his Holy One for a flame : and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day ; 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest , and of his fruitful field , both ...
... fire . 17 And the light of Israel shall be for a fire , and his Holy One for a flame : and it shall burn and devour his thorns and his briers in one day ; 18 And shall consume the glory of his forest , and of his fruitful field , both ...
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abominations affliction Ahikam anger beasts Behold bring brought burn captivity cast cause Chaldeans CHAP children of Israel Christ covenant cubits daughter desolate devour doth dwell earth Edom Egypt ephah Ephraim evil eyes fathers fear fire flock gate glory hand hear heard hearken heart heathen heaven holy house of Israel inhabitants iniquity Jacob Jehoiakim Jeremiah Jerusalem judgment Kareah king of Assyria king of Babylon king of Judah kingdom land of Egypt live LORD came unto LORD hath LORD of hosts mercy midst mighty Moab mountains mouth nations Nebuchadnezzar pass peace priests princes prophesy prophet righteousness saith the LORD Samaria say unto servants shew sins slain soul spake speak spirit spoil sword therein thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt tion tree turn unto the LORD unto thee voice waters wicked wine word Zedekiah Zion
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Page 123 - Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?
Page 62 - Moreover the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day that the LORD bindeth up the breach of his people, and healeth the stroke of their wound.
Page 358 - And the kingdom and dominion, and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven, shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High, whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and all dominions shall serve and obey him.
Page 140 - See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.
Page 316 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 35 - For the stars of heaven and the constellations thereof shall not give their light: the sun shall be darkened in his going forth, and the moon shall not cause her light to shine.
Page 102 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 82 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number : he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power ; not one faileth.
Page 408 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.
Page 123 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day ; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable ; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words : then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...