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Page 182
5 Thine arrows are sharp , in the heart of the king ' s enemies ; vhereby the
people fall under thee . Thy judgments are severely and mortally executed upon
the enemies of thy Divine Sovereignty ; and upon the sight thereof , the people of
the ...
5 Thine arrows are sharp , in the heart of the king ' s enemies ; vhereby the
people fall under thee . Thy judgments are severely and mortally executed upon
the enemies of thy Divine Sovereignty ; and upon the sight thereof , the people of
the ...
Page 226
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee : bind them about thy neck ; write them
upon the table of thine heart . Lay thou fast hold on the everlasting mercy and
truth of God , so as no evil occurrence may slacken thy confidence thereon ; and
...
3 Let not mercy and truth forsake thee : bind them about thy neck ; write them
upon the table of thine heart . Lay thou fast hold on the everlasting mercy and
truth of God , so as no evil occurrence may slacken thy confidence thereon ; and
...
Page 239
4 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom . Do not too eagerly affect
and labour to be rich ; and follow not thine own carnal wisdom , which suggests
unto thee wrong ways to the hasty purchase of wealth . XXIII . 5 Wilt thou set thine
...
4 Labour not to be rich : cease from thine own wisdom . Do not too eagerly affect
and labour to be rich ; and follow not thine own carnal wisdom , which suggests
unto thee wrong ways to the hasty purchase of wealth . XXIII . 5 Wilt thou set thine
...
Page 377
Every hill hath been a high - place , destinated by thee to thine idolatry ; and
thither bast thou climbed , to offer thy sacrifices . . LVII . 8 Behind the doors also
and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance : for thou hast discovered thyself
to ...
Every hill hath been a high - place , destinated by thee to thine idolatry ; and
thither bast thou climbed , to offer thy sacrifices . . LVII . 8 Behind the doors also
and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance : for thou hast discovered thyself
to ...
Page 483
51 And hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done .
Thou hast made thy sisters ' wickednesses to appear small , in comparison of
thine . XVI . 52 Thou also , which hast judged thy sisters , bear thine own shame
for ...
51 And hast justified thy sisters in all thine abominations which thou hast done .
Thou hast made thy sisters ' wickednesses to appear small , in comparison of
thine . XVI . 52 Thou also , which hast judged thy sisters , bear thine own shame
for ...
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according affliction angels appearance Assyria Babylon beasts Behold blessed blood bring brought called captivity cast cause Church comfort continue daughter death deliver destroy doth earth Egypt enemies evil eyes face fall father fear fire fruit give given glorious glory God's ground hand hath head heart heaven holy hope Israel Jerusalem Judah judgment king kingdom land light live look means mighty mountains mouth night offer pass peace presence princes prophets rest righteousness saith the Lord seed shew sins sons soul speak spirit stand strength strong sure taken temple thereof thine things thou art thou hast thou shalt thyself tree true turn unto thee utterly verse VIII waters wherein whole wicked wisdom wise XXII XXVIII
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Page 537 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Page 291 - Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it ; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores : they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.
Page 357 - I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles ; To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 372 - Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, And instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: And it shall be to the Lord for a name, For an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Page 24 - In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page 368 - So shall he sprinkle many nations; the kings shall shut their mouths at him: for that which had not been told them shall they see; and that which they had not heard shall they consider.
Page 9 - And God set them in the firmament of heaven to give light upon the earth, And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
Page 8 - And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
Page 32 - And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them : and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Page 507 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
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| Title | Paraphrases on hard texts Volume 3 of The Works of the Right Reverend Father in God, Joseph Hall, D.D., Successively Bishop of Exeter and Norwich:: Now First Collected, with Some Account of His Life and Sufferings, Byfield and Hawkesworth |
| Author | Joseph Hall |
| Editor | Josiah Pratt |
| Contributors | Charles Whittingham, John Hatchard, Leonard Benton Seeley, Joseph Burditt, James Nunn, Thomas Conder, Byfield and Hawkesworth, Williams and Smith, F., C. and J. Rivington (Firm), Vernor, Hood and Sharpe, Mathews and Leigh |
| Publisher | C. Whittingham, Dean Street, 1808 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 16 Jul 2007 |
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