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... one redeemed to be a King , as though he had not been anointed with oil . David , in adverfity , had a tenderness of confcience , which made him regret the cutting off Saul's fkirt : fkirt : But , when exalted , he seems to [ 20 ]
... one redeemed to be a King , as though he had not been anointed with oil . David , in adverfity , had a tenderness of confcience , which made him regret the cutting off Saul's fkirt : fkirt : But , when exalted , he seems to [ 20 ]
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... King of Terrors from executing his commiffion . The frantick foul , raving round it's clay tenement , will afk in vain to be fpared a little longer . Then " Be not thoù " afraid when one is made rich , when the << glory of his houfe is ...
... King of Terrors from executing his commiffion . The frantick foul , raving round it's clay tenement , will afk in vain to be fpared a little longer . Then " Be not thoù " afraid when one is made rich , when the << glory of his houfe is ...
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... King of Ifrael con- " It is good for me , experienced what the feffes , Pfalm cxix . 71 . " that I have been afflicted ; that I might " learn thy ftatutes . ” 3dly . Let our meditations on this subject , conclude with the excellent ...
... King of Ifrael con- " It is good for me , experienced what the feffes , Pfalm cxix . 71 . " that I have been afflicted ; that I might " learn thy ftatutes . ” 3dly . Let our meditations on this subject , conclude with the excellent ...
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... King in Zion , and the only Lord of Confcience . Here the words of the elegant and judicious Paley , in his principles of Moral and Political Philofophy , will apply with a little alteration . " In revelation we have fundamental ...
... King in Zion , and the only Lord of Confcience . Here the words of the elegant and judicious Paley , in his principles of Moral and Political Philofophy , will apply with a little alteration . " In revelation we have fundamental ...
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... King of Ifrael fought it ; for that is a neverfailing fource . The moun " tains fhall depart , and the hills be removed ; but my kindnefs fhall not depart from thee , * neither fhall the covenant of my peace be " 2 Sam . xxiii . 5 . + ...
... King of Ifrael fought it ; for that is a neverfailing fource . The moun " tains fhall depart , and the hills be removed ; but my kindnefs fhall not depart from thee , * neither fhall the covenant of my peace be " 2 Sam . xxiii . 5 . + ...
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Page 43 - Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another; and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.
Page 11 - And He said, I will make all My goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee ; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.
Page 19 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me : thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Page 7 - They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance. They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ. They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave.
Page 42 - I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
Page 20 - For what man knowcth the things of a man, fave the fpirit of a man which is in him ? Even fo, the things, of God knoweth no man but the Spirit of God.
Page 10 - O how great is thy goodnefs, which thou haft laid up for them that fear thee ; which thou haft wrought for them that truft in thee, before the fons of men ! 20 Thou fhalt hide them in the fecret of thy prefence from the pride of man : thou fhalt!
Page 43 - I must work the works of Him that sent Me while it is day, for the night cometh when no man can work d ." Two doctrines, both of them distinctly Christian, throw their guardian shadows over the lesson.
Page 12 - Oh ! the depth of the riches, both of the wifdom and knowledge of God ! How unfearchable are his judgments, and his ways paft finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been hiscounfellor?