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... are in me , and the venom thereof hath drunk up my spirit . Is my strength the strength of stones , or is my flesh of brass , & c . Not to be directed and counselled by Jonas : who was angry and SER . CXV . ] 15 PREACHED TO THE NOBILITY .
... are in me , and the venom thereof hath drunk up my spirit . Is my strength the strength of stones , or is my flesh of brass , & c . Not to be directed and counselled by Jonas : who was angry and SER . CXV . ] 15 PREACHED TO THE NOBILITY .
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... stone tables , than a man's work ) because the heresies of Ebion and Cerinthus were rooted , who upon this true ground , then evident and fresh , that Christ hath spoken many things which none of the other three evangelists had recorded ...
... stone tables , than a man's work ) because the heresies of Ebion and Cerinthus were rooted , who upon this true ground , then evident and fresh , that Christ hath spoken many things which none of the other three evangelists had recorded ...
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... stone , shall be broken ; but on whomsoever it shall fall , it will grind him to powder . ALMIGHTY GOD made us for his glory , and his glory is not the glory of a tyrant , to destroy us , but his glory is in our happiness . He put us in ...
... stone , shall be broken ; but on whomsoever it shall fall , it will grind him to powder . ALMIGHTY GOD made us for his glory , and his glory is not the glory of a tyrant , to destroy us , but his glory is in our happiness . He put us in ...
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... stone ; he tells us also our dangers in mis - behaving ourselves towards it , Whosoever shall fall on this , & c . : Christ then is a stone , and we may run into two dangers : first , we may fall upon this stone , and then this stone ...
... stone ; he tells us also our dangers in mis - behaving ourselves towards it , Whosoever shall fall on this , & c . : Christ then is a stone , and we may run into two dangers : first , we may fall upon this stone , and then this stone ...
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John Donne Henry Alford. First in the metaphor , that Christ is called a stone , the firm- ness is expressed : forasmuch as he loved his own that were in the world , In finem dilexit eos , says St. John , He loved them to the end ; and ...
John Donne Henry Alford. First in the metaphor , that Christ is called a stone , the firm- ness is expressed : forasmuch as he loved his own that were in the world , In finem dilexit eos , says St. John , He loved them to the end ; and ...
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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.