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... leaves it to outwear falsehood : and so it hath : Moses's rod hath devoured the conjuror's rod , and Luke's story still retains the majesty of the maker , and theirs are not . Other singularities in Luke , of form or matter , I omit ...
... leaves it to outwear falsehood : and so it hath : Moses's rod hath devoured the conjuror's rod , and Luke's story still retains the majesty of the maker , and theirs are not . Other singularities in Luke , of form or matter , I omit ...
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... leaves them not uncalled at first , he leaves them not unaccompanied in the way , he leaves them not unrecom- pensed ... leave them , and expose them to be subjects , and exercises of the malice Matt . xiv . 27 . of others , nor he doth ...
... leaves them not uncalled at first , he leaves them not unaccompanied in the way , he leaves them not unrecom- pensed ... leave them , and expose them to be subjects , and exercises of the malice Matt . xiv . 27 . of others , nor he doth ...
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... leave them , ut glorietur in malo qui potens est , that he should think it a glory to be able to do harm . He doth not impoverish and dis- honour his children , and then leave them ; leave them insensible of that doctrine , that ...
... leave them , ut glorietur in malo qui potens est , that he should think it a glory to be able to do harm . He doth not impoverish and dis- honour his children , and then leave them ; leave them insensible of that doctrine , that ...
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... leave enough in them , for the Holy Ghost to unite to his service ; yea , even the sin itself , Co - opera- bitur in bonum , as the apostle saith " , the very fall itself shall be an occasion of his rising : and therefore , though St ...
... leave enough in them , for the Holy Ghost to unite to his service ; yea , even the sin itself , Co - opera- bitur in bonum , as the apostle saith " , the very fall itself shall be an occasion of his rising : and therefore , though St ...
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... leave him naked , nor ragged ; but , as you will bestow not only some cost , but some thoughts , some study , how you will clothe your children , and how you will clothe your servants , so bestow both cost and thoughts , think seriously ...
... leave him naked , nor ragged ; but , as you will bestow not only some cost , but some thoughts , some study , how you will clothe your children , and how you will clothe your servants , so bestow both cost and thoughts , think seriously ...
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Page 276 - LET a man so account of us, as of the ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Page 194 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Page 610 - Then there arose certain of the synagogue, which is called the synagogue of the Libertines, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, disputing with Stephen ; and they were not able to resist the wisdom and the spirit by which he spake.
Page 213 - Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications : and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. In that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem, as the mourning of Hadadrimmon in the valley of Megiddon.
Page 150 - Where is then the blessedness ye spake of ? for I bear you record, that, if it had been possible, ye would have plucked out your own eyes, and have given them to me.
Page 1 - Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart...
Page 450 - Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
Page 167 - Shouldest thou help the ungodly, and love them that hate the Lord ? therefore is wrath upon thee from before the Lord.
Page 152 - 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.
Page 406 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.