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Page 5
... thee . Excellent archer ! Thou didst hit thy mark in missing it , as meaning to fright , not hurt me . Let me not now be such a fool as to pay my thanks to blind Fortune for a favour which the eye of Providence hath bestowed upon me ...
... thee . Excellent archer ! Thou didst hit thy mark in missing it , as meaning to fright , not hurt me . Let me not now be such a fool as to pay my thanks to blind Fortune for a favour which the eye of Providence hath bestowed upon me ...
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... thee for him whatsoever he would have requested for himself . Thus he shall be no loser , if thou be pleased to hear my prayer for him , and to hearken to our Saviour's interces- sion for us both . IV . LORD , since these woful wars ...
... thee for him whatsoever he would have requested for himself . Thus he shall be no loser , if thou be pleased to hear my prayer for him , and to hearken to our Saviour's interces- sion for us both . IV . LORD , since these woful wars ...
Page 8
... thee with a better voice . Now what my music wants in sweetness , let it have in sense , singing praises with understanding . Yea , Lord , create in me a new heart ( therein to make melody ) , and I will be contented with my old voice ...
... thee with a better voice . Now what my music wants in sweetness , let it have in sense , singing praises with understanding . Yea , Lord , create in me a new heart ( therein to make melody ) , and I will be contented with my old voice ...
Page 13
... shall cry when thou callest me to sleep with my fathers . Alas ! I am more childish than my child , and what I inflict on him I justly deserve to receive from thee : only here is the difference : I PERSONAL MEDITATIONS . 13.
... shall cry when thou callest me to sleep with my fathers . Alas ! I am more childish than my child , and what I inflict on him I justly deserve to receive from thee : only here is the difference : I PERSONAL MEDITATIONS . 13.
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... thee for them . It was some com- fort to Naomi , that , wanting a son herself , she Ruth iv . brought up Ruth's child in her bosom . If my soul be too old to be a mother of goodness , 16 . Lord , make it but a dry - nurse . 14 PERSONAL ...
... thee for them . It was some com- fort to Naomi , that , wanting a son herself , she Ruth iv . brought up Ruth's child in her bosom . If my soul be too old to be a mother of goodness , 16 . Lord , make it but a dry - nurse . 14 PERSONAL ...
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Page 31 - And when they shall have finished their testimony, the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them, and shall overcome them, and kill them.
Page 35 - And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Page 389 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 335 - And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.
Page 234 - And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne and round about the throne were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Page 186 - And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
Page 333 - I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments.
Page 107 - And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
Page 186 - But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the LORD, whom Jezebel his wife stirred up.
Page 92 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.