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... present world can bestow , receives the first benediction and the most valuable gifts -- but not one member of the family is excluded . All are his offspring , all share in his blessing ; the fowl , the cattle , and every beast of the ...
... present world can bestow , receives the first benediction and the most valuable gifts -- but not one member of the family is excluded . All are his offspring , all share in his blessing ; the fowl , the cattle , and every beast of the ...
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... present argument . He is speaking of the fundamental laws of the Mosaic code , and he says , " It is not lawful to pass by any beast that is in distress , when it is fallen down under its burden , but to endeavour to preserve it , as ...
... present argument . He is speaking of the fundamental laws of the Mosaic code , and he says , " It is not lawful to pass by any beast that is in distress , when it is fallen down under its burden , but to endeavour to preserve it , as ...
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... present subject than the distinction which Solomon draws between the good and the bad man ? " A righteous man regard- eth the life of his beast ; but the tender mercies , the kindest feelings and acts , of the wicked are cruel§ . " This ...
... present subject than the distinction which Solomon draws between the good and the bad man ? " A righteous man regard- eth the life of his beast ; but the tender mercies , the kindest feelings and acts , of the wicked are cruel§ . " This ...
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... present day in the same countries . Mr. Buckingham , in his account of the management of sheep in Palestine , says that some of the beasts of burden , guided by the young men , bear the lambs not able to travel , while the little ...
... present day in the same countries . Mr. Buckingham , in his account of the management of sheep in Palestine , says that some of the beasts of burden , guided by the young men , bear the lambs not able to travel , while the little ...
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... present subject : - " With untrained beasts of burden let him not travel , nor with such as are oppressed by hunger or disease ; nor with such as have imperfect horns , or eyes , or hoofs ; but let him constantly travel with beasts well ...
... present subject : - " With untrained beasts of burden let him not travel , nor with such as are oppressed by hunger or disease ; nor with such as have imperfect horns , or eyes , or hoofs ; but let him constantly travel with beasts well ...
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Page 12 - If a bird's nest chance to be before thee in the way in any tree, or on the ground, whether they be young ones, or eggs, and the dam sitting upon the young, or upon the eggs, thou shalt not take the dam with the young: but thou shalt in any wise let the dam go, and take the young to thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days.
Page 7 - Then said the Lord, Thou hast had pity on the gourd, for the which thou hast not laboured, neither madest it grow ; which came up in a night, and perished in a night : and should not I spare Nineveh, that great city, wherein are more than sixscore thousand persons that cannot discern between their right hand and their left hand ; and also much cattle ?
Page 184 - Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up ; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money : that take, and give unto them for me and thee.
Page 18 - Rejoice with me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
Page 2 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 6 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 5 - These wait all upon thee ; That thou mayest give them their meat in due season. That thou givest them they gather : Thou openest thine hand, they are filled with good.
Page 25 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play? Pleased to the last, he crops the flowery food, And licks the hand just raised to shed his blood.
Page 6 - Behold! and look away your low despair > See the light tenants of the barren air : To them, nor stores, nor granaries, belong, Nought, but the woodland, and the pleasing song; Yet, your kind heavenly Father bends his eye On the least wing, that flits along the sky.
Page 26 - The sum is this. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount, and must extinguish theirs, Else they are all — the meanest things that are, As free to live, and to enjoy that life, As God was free to form them at the first, Who in his sovereign wisdom made them all.