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... this singular spot of earth has at all times been regarded with feelings of the deepest interest and curiosity . Inhabited for many ages by a people entitled above all others to the distinction of peculiar , it presents a B 2.
... this singular spot of earth has at all times been regarded with feelings of the deepest interest and curiosity . Inhabited for many ages by a people entitled above all others to the distinction of peculiar , it presents a B 2.
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... spot called Palestine is despised and scorned by those proud kingdoms , whose wise men would not for a moment allow themselves to imagine , that any speculation or tenet arising from so ignoble a quarter could have the slightest ...
... spot called Palestine is despised and scorned by those proud kingdoms , whose wise men would not for a moment allow themselves to imagine , that any speculation or tenet arising from so ignoble a quarter could have the slightest ...
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... spots , honoured by the sufferings or triumph of its Divine author . The zealous pilgrim , who had travelled many thousand miles amid the most appalling dangers , required a solace to his faith in the contemplation of the cross , or in ...
... spots , honoured by the sufferings or triumph of its Divine author . The zealous pilgrim , who had travelled many thousand miles amid the most appalling dangers , required a solace to his faith in the contemplation of the cross , or in ...
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... spots which had been distinguished by the wonders of their faith . At the commencement of the troubles in Judea , during the reign of Vespasian , the Christians of Jerusalem withdrew to Pella , and as soon as their metropolis was ...
... spots which had been distinguished by the wonders of their faith . At the commencement of the troubles in Judea , during the reign of Vespasian , the Christians of Jerusalem withdrew to Pella , and as soon as their metropolis was ...
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... spots that witnessed the stupendous occurrences recorded in the inspired volume . Or , if there be in existence any cause which could effectually counteract such natural and laudable feelings , it is the excessive minuteness of detail ...
... spots that witnessed the stupendous occurrences recorded in the inspired volume . Or , if there be in existence any cause which could effectually counteract such natural and laudable feelings , it is the excessive minuteness of detail ...
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Page 204 - Then cometh He to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph.
Page 193 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 65 - I will add to your yoke : my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
Page 96 - BLESS the LORD, O my soul : And all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the LORD, 0 my soul, And forget not all his benefits ; Who forgiveth all thine iniquities ; Who healeth all thy diseases ; Who redeemeth thy life from destruction ; Who crowneth thee with loving-kindness and tender mercies ; Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things ; So that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 235 - And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong.
Page 315 - The trees of the Lord are full of sap ; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted; where the birds make their nests: as for the stork, the fir trees are her house. The high hills are a refuge for the wild goats; and the rocks for the conies.
Page 107 - Ye shall dwell in booths seven days ; all that are Israelites born shall dwell in booths: that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 97 - The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 41 - And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land, unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubilee unto you ; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Page 84 - And the people gave a shout, saying ; It is the voice of a god, and not of a man. And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.