An Historical Account of the Life and Reign of David, King of Israel: Interspersed with Various Conjectures, Digressions and Disquisitions, in which ... Mr. Bayle's Criticisms Upon the Conduct and Character of that Prince, are Fully Considered, Volume 3J. Osborn, 1742 |
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... believe , or even fufpect . Quite the contrary : I am fatisfied , nothing fucceeded this first act of guilt , but fincere repentance , the rack of confcience , and a religious habit of abftinence from the repe- tition of it . The ...
... believe , or even fufpect . Quite the contrary : I am fatisfied , nothing fucceeded this first act of guilt , but fincere repentance , the rack of confcience , and a religious habit of abftinence from the repe- tition of it . The ...
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... believe , can have no doubt , that this disappointment threw the king into great perplexity : he was evidently at a loss what to do , or how to conduct himself : and in that doubt , commanded Uriah to con- tinue at Jerusalem one day ...
... believe , can have no doubt , that this disappointment threw the king into great perplexity : he was evidently at a loss what to do , or how to conduct himself : and in that doubt , commanded Uriah to con- tinue at Jerusalem one day ...
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... believe , that the very priesthood could bring both David and Bathsheba to public justice upon this occafion . This we know , that they were able to put the law of leprofy in execution upon Uz- ziah , one of the greatest princes of his ...
... believe , that the very priesthood could bring both David and Bathsheba to public justice upon this occafion . This we know , that they were able to put the law of leprofy in execution upon Uz- ziah , one of the greatest princes of his ...
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... believe , be better fatisfied , to take the account of this matter , from the facred hiftorian's own words , 2 Sam . xi . 14 , 15 , 16 , and 17 verses . I can throw no light upon the text by varying them , and GOD forbid I fhould wish ...
... believe , be better fatisfied , to take the account of this matter , from the facred hiftorian's own words , 2 Sam . xi . 14 , 15 , 16 , and 17 verses . I can throw no light upon the text by varying them , and GOD forbid I fhould wish ...
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... believe , that David , upon de- pofing Hanun , made Shobi his viceroy at Rabbah ; and treated him with fignal kind- nefs upon that occafion . We now come to that part of David's conduct , feemingly the most exceptionable , after the ...
... believe , that David , upon de- pofing Hanun , made Shobi his viceroy at Rabbah ; and treated him with fignal kind- nefs upon that occafion . We now come to that part of David's conduct , feemingly the most exceptionable , after the ...
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Page 304 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 26 - When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.
Page 22 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter. And...
Page 125 - Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favour in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again, and shew me both it and his habitation: but if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.
Page 102 - They also that sought after my life laid snares for me : and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, and imagined deceit all the day long. 13 As for me, I was like a deaf man, and heard not : and as one that is dumb, who doth not open his mouth.
Page 22 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him; but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 41 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? 23 But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 9 - And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.
Page 169 - And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth ; and the mule that was under him went away.
Page 305 - Now therefore, our God, we thank thee and praise thy glorious name. But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.