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... evil - bless the lads and let my name be named on them , and the name of my fathers Abraham and Ifaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midft of the earth . DISCOURSE X. 192 Jofeph's dying Affurance to his Brethren that God ...
... evil - bless the lads and let my name be named on them , and the name of my fathers Abraham and Ifaac ; and let them grow into a multitude in the midft of the earth . DISCOURSE X. 192 Jofeph's dying Affurance to his Brethren that God ...
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... evil habit in future life , and thereby often come to poverty . Befides , this indo- lent temper layeth them open to many temptations ; particularly to bad company , to neglect the means of grace , and all those branches of religion ...
... evil habit in future life , and thereby often come to poverty . Befides , this indo- lent temper layeth them open to many temptations ; particularly to bad company , to neglect the means of grace , and all those branches of religion ...
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... evil days come , and the years draw nigh , when thou shalt fay , I have no pleasure in them . " But But this leads me to confider , II . The Youth and Age . 7 thou shalt ftretch forth thy hands, and another fall gird thee, and carry ...
... evil days come , and the years draw nigh , when thou shalt fay , I have no pleasure in them . " But But this leads me to confider , II . The Youth and Age . 7 thou shalt ftretch forth thy hands, and another fall gird thee, and carry ...
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... evil of fin , and hint to themselves , and all about them , what a bitter thing it is to revolt from God . They are also wifely appointed to wean their affections from the world . If God did not take them off from it by pains and ...
... evil of fin , and hint to themselves , and all about them , what a bitter thing it is to revolt from God . They are also wifely appointed to wean their affections from the world . If God did not take them off from it by pains and ...
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... evil , and hideth himself , " that is , makes provifion against it ; but the fimple pass on , without thought and confideration , and fo are punished.Are the infirmi- ties of age fo many ? then , 3 . It is the duty of all to help and ...
... evil , and hideth himself , " that is , makes provifion against it ; but the fimple pass on , without thought and confideration , and fo are punished.Are the infirmi- ties of age fo many ? then , 3 . It is the duty of all to help and ...
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Page 47 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 87 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 191 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Page 234 - The LORD our GOD be with us, as He was with our fathers : let Him not leave us, nor forsake us : That He may incline our hearts unto Him to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
Page 338 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Page 90 - ... that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Page 28 - I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Page xii - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 116 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 7 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...