The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life and sufferings, written by himself, arranged and revised by J. Pratt, Volume 1 |
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... promises of bet- ter provisions , drew him to relinquish his place in the Col- lege to a free election . No sooner was his assent signified , than the days were set for the public ( and indeed exqui site ) examination of the competitors ...
... promises of bet- ter provisions , drew him to relinquish his place in the Col- lege to a free election . No sooner was his assent signified , than the days were set for the public ( and indeed exqui site ) examination of the competitors ...
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... promise to the very eyes of men : thus he doth still in his blessed sacraments , which are as real words to the soul . The rainbow is the pledge of our safety , which even naturally signifies the end of a shower : all the signs of God's ...
... promise to the very eyes of men : thus he doth still in his blessed sacraments , which are as real words to the soul . The rainbow is the pledge of our safety , which even naturally signifies the end of a shower : all the signs of God's ...
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... promise and hope of a son ; and still the older , the more incapable : yet God makes him wait twenty - five years for performance . No time is long to faith ; which had learned to defer hopes without fainting and irksomeness . Abraham ...
... promise and hope of a son ; and still the older , the more incapable : yet God makes him wait twenty - five years for performance . No time is long to faith ; which had learned to defer hopes without fainting and irksomeness . Abraham ...
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... promise by any other than a barren womb , if his own wife had not impor- tuned him to take another . When our own apparent means fail , weak faith is put to the shifts ; and projects strange devices of her own to attain the end . She ...
... promise by any other than a barren womb , if his own wife had not impor- tuned him to take another . When our own apparent means fail , weak faith is put to the shifts ; and projects strange devices of her own to attain the end . She ...
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... promises ? Can thy justice admit contradictions ? Can thy decrees be changeable ? Canst thou promise and disappoint ? Can these two stand together , Isaac shall live to be the father of nations ; ' and ' Isaac shall now die by the hand ...
... promises ? Can thy justice admit contradictions ? Can thy decrees be changeable ? Canst thou promise and disappoint ? Can these two stand together , Isaac shall live to be the father of nations ; ' and ' Isaac shall now die by the hand ...
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Page 481 - And it came to pass at noon that Elijah mocked them, and said, Cry aloud : for he is a god ; either he is talking or he is pursuing, or he is in a journey, or peradventure he sleepeth, and must be awaked.
Page 445 - Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward. As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man ; so are children of the youth. Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them : they shall not be ashamed, but they shall speak with the enemies in the gate.
Page 312 - Thou art not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for thou art but a youth and he a man of war from his youth.
Page 442 - Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped.
Page 418 - But me, even me thy servant, and Zadok the priest, and Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and thy servant Solomon, hath he not called.
Page 343 - Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day. Moreover the Lord will also deliver Israel with thee into the hand of the Philistines...
Page 418 - And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king. 16 And Bath-sheba bowed, and did obeisance unto the king. And the king said, What wouldest thou?
Page 480 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 391 - Behold, my son, which came forth of my bowels, seeketh my life: how much more now may this Benjamite do it? let him alone, and let him curse ; for the Lord hath bidden him.
Page 275 - And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men : and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us...